Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the most common subtype of porphyria. The disease is named because it is a porphyria that often presents with skin manifestations later in life. The […]
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Variegate porphyria
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
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 […]
Death by natural causes
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
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
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
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 neuropathy
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
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
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 […]