Medicine is the applied science which is concerned with healing and managing illnesses and injuries. It can only be practiced by qualified people. Unqualified medical practitioners may face prison time. Answer and Explanation:1 Osteogenesis imperfecta is the medical term for brittle bone disease. Britt...
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What is the prognosis for osteogenesis imperfecta? Prognosis: A prognosis is a medical prediction based on the known course a disease or medical condition takes. It is based on an evaluation of the patient's condition, the type of disease, and numerous case studies of how the same condition ...
Blue sclera in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta. [Image credit:Osteogenesis imperfecta. Permission granted by © 2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology] The most common cause of blue sclera is osteogenesis imperfecta, otherwise known as brittle bone disease. It’s a genetic condition caused by...
What is the financial and societal impact of cardiovascular disease within the United States?Cardiovascular Disease:Cardiovascular diseases are caused by atherosclerosis, a buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries arising from unhealthy lifestyle habits such as lack of exercise and smo...
Infants who present with fractures with mild forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) (OI type I or OI type IV), the most common genetic form of bone disease leading to fractures might be missed if clinical evaluation alone is used to make the diagnosis. Diagnostic clinical features (blue sclera...
Chorionic villi sampling is a medical test that takes a small piece of tissue from the villi extending from the surface of the placenta. The test looks for genetic disorders and sampled tissue created from the same egg as the fetus.
If our aim is not simply to prolong life but to permit optimal brain growth and maturation wherever possible, mild degrees of progrerssive hydrocephalus must be treated definitively and as early as possible.DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(61)80133-9 被引量: 74 ...
Although much more common in older adults, especially women in menopause and after,osteoporosis can also occur during childhood. Most often, osteoporosis during childhood is caused by an underlying medical condition (called secondary osteoporosis) or a genetic disorder (such as osteogenesis imperfecta)....
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