List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 531

In medicine (hematology) microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) is a microangiopathic subgroup of hemolytic anemia (loss of red blood cells through destruction) caused by factors in the small blood vessels. It […]

Prosopagnosia (Greek: prosopon = face agnosia = not knowing) also called face blindness is a cognitive disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired while other […]

Proteus syndrome also known as Wiedemann syndrome (named after the German paediatrician Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann) is a congenital disorder that causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development often accompanied by tumors […]

Free-living amoebae (or FLA) in the Amoebozoa group are important causes of disease in humans and animals.Naegleria fowleri is sometimes included in the group free-living amoebae and it causes a […]

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) previously known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) adult respiratory distress syndrome or shock lung is a severe life-threatening medical condition characterized by widespread inflammation in […]

Glanders (from Middle English glaundres or Old French glandres both meaning glands) (Latin: Malleus German: Rotz) (also known as Equinia Farcy and Malleus) is an infectious disease that occurs primarily […]

Uremia or uraemia (see spelling differences) is the illness accompanying kidney failure (also called renal failure) in particular the nitrogenous waste products associated with the failure of this organ.In kidney […]

Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the bronchioles the smallest air passages of the lungs. It usually occurs in children less than two years of age with the majority being aged between […]

Polycythemia (or Polycythaemia see spelling differences) vera (PV PCV) (also known as erythremia primary polycythemia and polycythemia rubra vera) is a myeloproliferative blood cancer in which the bone marrow makes […]

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP or Moschcowitz syndrome) is a rare disorder of the blood-coagulation system causing extensive microscopic clots to form in the small blood vessels throughout the body. These […]