【Disease】 , 【disorder】 , 【condition】 , 【affection】 , 【ailment】 , 【malady】 , 【complaint】 , 【distemper】 , 【syndrome】 denote a deranged bodily state usually associated with or amounting to a loss of health. 【Disease】 in its usual and broadest use implies an impairment of...
As nouns the difference between disease and disorder is that disease is (pathology) an abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired while diso
Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder caused by too much cortisol in the body. This hormone helps regulate various bodily functions, but too much can disrupt other systems. Taking certain medications, such as steroids, for conditions such as asthma orlupuscommonly causes Cushing's syndrome. T...
Phenylketonuria (GARD:0007383) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to convert excess phenylalanine to tyrosine that is treatable, but can lead to early mental retardation, aggression, and persistent worry if not identified or left untreated. Our pipeline identified ...
Examples of other pathologies that can lead to brain atrophy are excessive alcohol use, Parkinson´s disease, multiple sclerosis, and sleep disorder [70, 72]. Clinical implications Since this was a cross-sectional designed exploratory study, no causal relationships could be established. We observed...
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prion Degenerative brain disorder TABLE 14-4. Examples of Genetic Factors That Influence Susceptibility to Disease or Disease Progression GENETIC FACTORDISEASE INFLUENCE Alleles of the chemokine receptor gene CCR5 Partial protection against acquisition of HIV and development ...
Over time, there is an irreversible decline in cognitive function associated with this progressive neurological disorder. The following are some of the symptoms and attributes of AD: memory loss, language difficulties, disorientation (forget where they are or how they got there, and have difficulty ...
Prominent examples of ciliopathies are hereditary forms of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) as a consequence of the dysfunction of renal primary cilia and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) as a disorder of motile cilia. Recently, there has been remarkable progress in the identification of genetic ...
et al. Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results. Mov. Disord. 23, 2129–2170 (2008). Article PubMed Google Scholar Nieuwboer, A. et al. Reliability of the new freezing of ...
[245]. Examples include the pre-mRNA of sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 1 (SERCA1), which contains several YGCU(U/G)Y motifs downstream from exon 22. MBNL-1 usually interacts with these motifs to cause inclusion of exon 22 but in DM1 exon 22 is excluded during splicing [...