List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 527

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a form of porphyria which varies in severity and can be very painful. It arises from a deficiency in the enzyme ferrochelatase leading to abnormally high […]

Variegate porphyria (also known as Mixed hepatic porphyria Mixed porphyria South African genetic porphyria and South African porphyria) is an autosomal dominant porphyria that can have acute (severe but usually […]

Hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) is a disorder of heme biosynthesis classified as an acute hepatic porphyria. HCP is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme coproporphyrinogen oxidase coded for by the […]

A death by natural causes as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents is one that is primarily attributed to an illness or an internal malfunction of […]

Haemophilia C is a mild form of haemophilia affecting both sexes. However it predominantly occurs in Jews of Ashkenazi descent. It is the fourth most common coagulation disorder after von […]

Nephrosis refers to a non-inflammatory nephropathy.Also known as nephrotic syndrome nephrosis is any degenerative disease of the renal tubules. Nephrosis can be caused by kidney disease or it may be […]

Galactosemia (British Galactosaemia) is a rare genetic metabolic disorder that affects an individual’s ability to metabolize the sugar galactose properly. Galactosemia follows an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance that confers […]

Diabetic neuropathies are neuropathic disorders that are associated with diabetes mellitus. These conditions are thought to result from diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply nerves (vasa nervorum) […]

Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia or polyglobulia) is a disease state in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells increases. Blood volume proportions can […]

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) sometimes referred to as Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome is a rare genetically acquired life-threatening disease of the blood characterized by complement-induced intravascular hemolytic anemia (anemia due to destruction […]