List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 410

Hemiballismus formerly called ballism is a very rare movement disorder caused in most cases by a decrease in activity of the subthalamic nucleus of the basal ganglia resulting in the […]

INCL also known as Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses or Santavuori Disease is a form of NCL and inherited as a recessive autosomal genetic trait. The disorder is progressive degenerative and […]

Crush syndrome (also traumatic rhabdomyolysis or Bywaters’ syndrome) is a medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle. Crush injury is compression […]

A minimally conscious state (MCS) is a disorder of consciousness distinct from persistent vegetative state and locked-in syndrome. Unlike persistent vegetative state patients with MCS have partial preservation of conscious […]

A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) (also known as Malignant schwannoma Neurofibrosarcoma and Neurosarcoma) is a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves. Given its origin and […]

An oncocytoma is a tumor made up of oncocytes an epithelial cell characterized by an excessive amount of mitochondria resulting in an abundant acidophilic granular cytoplasm.

Landau–Kleffner syndrome (LKS) — also called infantile acquired aphasia acquired epileptic aphasia or aphasia with convulsive disorder — is a rare childhood neurological syndrome.It is named after William Landau and […]

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

Swimmer’s itch also known as lake itch duck itch cercarial dermatitis and schistosome cercarial dermatitis is a short-term immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans that have been infected […]

Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) also known as Lennox syndrome is a difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy that most often appears between the second and sixth year of life and is characterized […]