Lupus nephritis is an inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) a disease of the immune system. Apart from the kidneys SLE can also damage the skin […]
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Atrophic gastritis
Atrophic gastritis (also known as Type A or Type B Gastritis more specifically) is a process of chronic inflammation of the stomach mucosa leading to loss of gastric glandular cells […]
Hyperlipidemia
Hyperlipidemia hyperlipoproteinemia or hyperlipidaemia (British English) involves abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood. It is the most common form of dyslipidemia (which includes […]
Cerebral softening
In medicine cerebral softening (encephalomalacia) is a localized softening of the brain substance due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the […]
CREST syndrome
CREST syndrome also known as the limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is a multisystem connective tissue disorder. The acronym CREST refers to the five main features: calcinosis Raynaud’s […]
False pregnancy
False pregnancy or phantom pregnancy or hysterical pregnancy or jestation most commonly termed pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammals is the appearance of clinical and/or subclinical signs and […]
Manganism
Manganism or manganese poisoning is a toxic condition resulting from chronic exposure to manganese and first identified in 1837 by James Couper.
Acute stress reaction
Acute stress reaction (also called acute stress disorder psychological shock mental shock or simply shock) is a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event. It should […]
Kienbock’s disease
Kienböck’s disease is a disorder of the wrist. It is named for Dr. Robert Kienböck a radiologist in Vienna Austria who described osteomalacia of the lunate in 1910.It is breakdown […]
Disorganized schizophrenia
Disorganized schizophrenia also known as hebephrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV code 295.10.Disorganized schizophrenia is thought to be […]