List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 577

Choking is the mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs. Choking prevents breathing and can be partial or complete with partial choking allowing some […]

Substance intoxication is a type of substance-induced disorder which is potentially maladaptive and impairing but reversible and associated with recent use.If the symptoms are severe the term substance intoxication delirium […]

An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time […]

Acheiropodia (ACHP) also known as Horn-Kolb Syndrome Acheiropody and Aleijadinhos (Brazilian type) is an autosomal recessive disorder that results in hemimelia a lack of formation of the distal extremities. This […]

Assisted suicide is suicide committed by someone with assistance from others typically to end suffering from a severe physical illness. It is often confused with euthanasia (sometimes called mercy killing).

A keloid (/ˈkiːlɔɪd/; also keloidal scar)is the formation that a type of scar which depending on its maturity is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) […]

Glycogen storage disease (GSD also glycogenosis and dextrinosis) is the result of defects in the processing of glycogen synthesis or breakdown within muscles liver and other cell types. GSD has […]

Glycogen storage disease type V (GSD-V) is a metabolic disorder more specifically a glycogen storage disease caused by a deficiency of myophosphorylase. Its incidence is reported as 1 in 100000 […]

Mitochondrial disease is a group of disorders caused by dysfunctional mitochondria the organelles that generate energy for the cell. Mitochondria are found in every cell of the human body except […]

Adenosine monophosphate deaminase deficiency type 1 is also called myoadenylate deaminase deficiency. It a recessive genetic metabolic disorder that affects approximately 1–2% of populations of European descent. It appears to […]