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Autoimmune Disorders

Autoimmune disorders Autoimmunity is a condition where the immune system mistakenly recognizes host tissue or cells as foreign. (The word "auto"...
Encyclopedia of Science, The, 10/25/05 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Acrocyanosis

HASH(0x22e4980) Definition Acrocyanosis is a decrease in the amount of oxygen delivered to the extremities. The hands and feet turn blue because of...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Aortic dissection

HASH(0x1eb9080) Definition Aortic dissection is a rare, but potentially fatal, condition in which blood passes through the inner lining and between...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Athletic heart syndrome

HASH(0x1ebbde0) Definition Athletic heart syndrome is the adaptation of an athlete's heart in response the physiologic stresses of strenuous...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Common variable immunodeficiency

HASH(0x21dab10) Definition Common variable immunodeficiency is an immunodeficiency disorder characterized by a low level of antibodies. Patients...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Eosinophilic pneumonia

HASH(0x21e61f0) Definition Eosinophilic pneumonia is a group of diseases in which there is an above normal number of eosinophils in the lungs and...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication

Arteriovenous fistula

HASH(0x21de1b0) Definition An arteriovenous fistula is an abnormal channel or passage between an artery and a vein. Description An arteriovenous...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Spinal stenosis

HASH(0x223e7f0) Definition Spinal stenosis is any narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal nerve cord. Spinal stenosis...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Idiopathic primary renal hematuric/proteinuric syndrome

HASH(0x15d1100) Definition This syndrome includes a group of disorders characterized by blood and protein in the urine and by damage to the kidney...
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication
Thymoma

HASH(0x1ebc080) Definition A thymoma is a tumor of the thymus gland. Description The thymus gland is located near the heart and between the lungs....
Encyclopedia of Medicine, 04/06/01 by John Thomas Lohr · More from publication