Infobox Hospital Name German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Org Group optional Logo Location Bonn , Germany Type Global Center of Excellence Standards optional if no national standards Affiliation University of Bonn Beds Employees 600 planned Founded 2008 Closed optional Website http www.dzne.de German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases General The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases is a newly established Center of Excellence in patient care and research for neurodegenerative diseases. It is affiliated with the University of Bonn and will have its seat on the University Hospital Bonn site. Category University of Bonn de Deutsches Zentrum f r Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen ... more details
Orphan date July 2010 Primary sources date August 2010 The Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Tanz CRND is a research institute at the University of Toronto , under the umbrella of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine , with a focus on the spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases . The CRND was established in 1990 and is located at the Tanz Neuroscience Building on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. The institute is directed by Professor Peter St George Hyslop . See also Alzheimer Society of Ontario References Reflist External links http crnd.med.utoronto.ca Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Categories Coord 43.6604 N 79.3920 W display title DEFAULTSORT Centre For Research In Neurodegenerative Diseases Category Neuroscience research centers Category Medical research institutes Category Research institutes in Canada Category 1990 establishments Category University of Toronto Neuroscience stub Canada university stub ... more details
for an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism Disease Infobox television episode Title The Disease Image Image ST VOY The Disease.jpg 270px br Harry Kim becomes intimate with Varro scientist Tal Series Star Trek Voyager Season 5 Episode 17 Production 210 Airdate February 24, 1999 Writer Kenneth Biller br Michael Taylor screenwriter Michael Taylor Director David Livingston director David Livingston Guests Musetta Vander as Tal br Charles Rocket as Jippeq Prev Dark Frontier Next Course Oblivion Star Trek Voyager Course Oblivion Episode list List of Star Trek Voyager episodes The Disease is an episode of Star Trek Voyager , the 17th episode of the fifth season. The episode had an average rating of 4.2 5 on the official Star Trek website as of August 23, 2007 . http www.startrek.com startrek view series VOY episode 104851.html Plot Voyager stops to assist a xenophobic species known as the Varro. This species lives on a Generation ship generational ship which has housed them for 400 years. While the crew works on the Varro ship, Voyager is infested with synthetic ship eating parasites that had been released on the Varro ship by dissident Varro. Meanwhile, Harry Kim Star Trek Harry Kim becomes intimate with Varro scientist Tal, and develops a physiological bond with her, one that is standard in the Varro. The physiological connection alters his behavior and sways him from his duties aboard Voyager . It is later revealed that Tal is one of the separatists. There has been a rumour of a minority of Varro that want off the ship. The parasites that Tal helped create were made to separate the individual pods of the Varro ship without destroying the ship itself. Fractures along the hull created by the parasites begin to grow as the Varro ship begins to fall apart. Voyager ... say good bye to his recent love. External links memoryalpha article The Disease The Disease http ... Disease, The Category Star Trek Voyager episodes Category 1999 television episodes StarTrek ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 A degenerative disease , also called neurodegenerativedisease, is a disease in which the function or structure of the affected biological tissue tissues or Organ anatomy organs will progressively deteriorate over time, whether due to normal bodily wear or lifestyle choices such as exercise or eating habits. ref http www.nlm.nih.gov medlineplus degenerativenervediseases.html Degenerative Nerve Diseases ref Degenerative diseases are often contrasted with infectious diseases . Some Examples of Degenerative Diseases Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS , e.g., Lou Gehrig s Disease Alzheimer s disease Parkinson s Disease Multiple system atrophy Niemann Pick disease Atherosclerosis Progressive supranuclear palsy Cancer Tay Sachs Disease Diabetes Heart Disease Keratoconus Inflammatory bowel disease Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD Prostatitis arthritis Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Huntington s Disease Chronic traumatic encephalopathy See also Aging Disease Life extension Neurodegeneration Senescence Progressive disease References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Degenerative Disease Category Diseases and disorders ar es Enfermedad degenerativa fa fr Maladie d g n rative hr Degenerativne bolesti ms Penyakit degeneratif nl Degeneratieve ziekte pl Choroby zwyrodnieniowe pt Doen a degenerativa sl Degenerativna bolezen sv Degenerativ sjukdom th zh ... more details
Disease Category Neurodegenerative disorders ca S ndrome d Alpers de Alpers Huttenlocher Syndrom pl ...Infobox Disease Name Alpers& 39 disease Image Caption DiseasesDB 29298 ICD10 ICD10 G 31 8 g 30 ICD9 ICD9 330.8 ICDO OMIM 203700 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D002549 Alpers disease , also called Alpers syndrome , ref name naude2004 Naud , J te Water, C M Verity, R G Will, G Devereux, and L Stellitano. 2004. http jnnp.bmj.com cgi content abstract 75 6 910 Is variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in young children misdiagnosed as Alpers syndrome? An analysis of a national surveillance study Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry , 2004 75 910 913. Fee for full text. Retrieved on 2007 09 27. ref , ref name naude2004 progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy , and progressive infantile poliodystrophy , is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants and children. It is an autosomal recessive disorder that is sometimes seen in siblings. Alpers disease is caused by certain genetic mutations in the POLG gene. Presentation First signs of the disease, which include intractable seizure s and failure to meet meaningful developmental milestones, usually occur in infancy, after the first year of life, but sometimes as late as the fifth year. Primary symptoms of the disease are developmental delay, progressive mental retardation ... believe that Alpers disease is caused by an underlying mitochondrial metabolic defect of POLG ... of the cerebral grey matter. Treatment There is no cure for Alpers disease and, currently ... or increase muscle tone. Prognosis The prognosis for individuals with Alpers disease is poor. Those with the disease usually die within their first decade of life. Liver failure is usually the cause ... Alpers . ref WhoNamedIt doctor 185 Bernard Jacob Alpers ref ref WhoNamedIt synd 1459 Alpers disease ... alpersdisease alpersdisease.htm Alpers Disease Information Page . Website . National Institute ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Batten disease Image Caption DiseasesDB 31534 ICD10 ICD10 E 75 4 e 70 ICD9 ICD9 330.1 ICDO OMIM 204200 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D009472 Batten disease also known as Spielmeyer Vogt Sj gren Batten disease is a rare, fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative ... ceroid lipofuscinosis or NCLs . Although Batten disease is usually regarded as the juvenile form of NCL or type 3 , some physicians use the term Batten disease to describe all forms of NCL. Historically, the NCLs were classified by age of disease onset as infantile NCL INCL , late infantile NCL ... BBA Molecular Basis of Disease Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses therapeutic strategies Past, present ... BBA Molecular Basis of Disease Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses therapeutic strategies Past, present ... disease, but juvenile NCL, the most prevalent form of Batten disease, has been linked to mutations ... title Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis Batten disease a brief review and update journal Curr ... ref ref name urlScienceDirect Experimental Neurology Moving towards therapies for Juvenile Batten disease ... therapies for Juvenile Batten disease? format work accessdate ref Symptoms Early symptoms of the disorder ... loss of sight, speech and motor skills. Eventually, children with Batten disease become blind, bedridden, and demented. Batten Disease is a life limiting disease, life expectancy varies depending on the type or variation. History Batten disease is named after the British pediatrician Frederick ... Heinrich Vogt Vogt Torsten Sj gren Sj gren Batten disease , it is the most common form of a group of disorders called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis or NCLs . Although Batten disease is usually regarded as the juvenile form of NCL, some physicians use the term Batten disease to describe all forms of NCL. Inheritance and diagnosis Image autorecessive.svg thumb right Batten disease has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance . Batten disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive gene ... more details
for SBMA Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Infobox Disease Name Kennedy& 39 s disease Image Caption DiseasesDB ... eMedicineTopic 421 MeshID D055534 Kennedy s disease KD or X linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy ... disease associated with mutation of the androgen receptor AR . ref name pmid10434308 cite journal ... s disease journal Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. volume 354 issue 1386 pages ... biology of Kennedy s disease ref Because of its endocrine manifestations related to the impairment ... AIS . It is also related to other neurodegenerative diseases caused by similar mutations, such as Huntington s disease and the spinocerebellar ataxias. Kennedy s disease is named after W. R. Kennedy, a neurologist who was among the first to describe this disease. ref name pmid4233749 cite journal ... s disease is inherited in an sex linkage X linked recessive pattern. The androgen receptor gene that is mutated in Kennedy s disease is located on the X chromosome, and the effects of the mutation may ... tend to have a relatively mild expression of the disease if they show symptoms at all. Pathophysiology As reported in 1991, Kennedy s disease is caused by expansion of a CAG repeat in the first exon ... in the androgen receptor protein. The greater the expansion of the CAG repeat, the earlier the disease onset and more severe the disease manifestations. The repeat expansion likely causes a toxic gain ... that are caused by polyglutamine expansion, such as Huntington s disease . There is currently no treatment or cure for Kennedy s disease. It is a lower motor neuron disease. ref name pmid16389310 cite journal author Merry DE title Animal models of Kennedy disease journal NeuroRx volume 2 issue 3 pages 471 9 year 2005 month July pmid 16389310 pmc 1144490 doi url ref Signs and symptoms Kennedy s disease ..., and the disease progresses very slowly but can eventually lead to extreme disability. Neurological ... is involved in the disease process. The disease is probably more common than originally thought ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Alexander disease Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD9 ICD9 331.89 ICDO OMIM 203450 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D038261 Alexander disease is a slowly progressing and fatal neurodegenerativedisease . It is a very rare disorder which results from a genetic mutation .... ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1P1 38896449.html MUTATION KEY TO ALEXANDER DISEASE United ... alexander Alexander Disease Gene Reviews ref ref name NINDS Clinical features Delays in development ... Alexander disease is a genetic disorder affecting the central nervous system midbrain and cerebellum ... into a child with Alexander disease. ref name Gene Alexander disease belongs to leukodystrophies ... fiber s. ref name Gene ref name NINDS http www.ninds.nih.gov disorders alexander disease alexander disease.htm ref ref name BBC http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi health 1097277.stm Cause of brain disease ... Alexander The Rosenthal fibers found in Alexander disease are not distributed in the same areas or as concentrated ... The cause of Alexander disease is a mutation in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein ... HWFIG Can MR Imaging Diagnose Adult Onset Alexander Disease? AJNR ref Diagnosis It is possible to detect the signs of Alexander disease with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, which looks for specific changes in the brain that may be tell tale signs for the disease. ref name Alexander ref http www.ajnr.org ...&resourcetype HWCIT Alexander Disease Diagnosis with MR Imaging AJNR ref It is even possible to detect adult onset Alexander disease with MR imaging. ref name Adult Alexander disease may also be revealed by genetic testing for the known cause of Alexander disease. ref name Alexander http www.ulf.org ... bmt journal v20 n3 abs 1700871a.html Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for Alexander s disease ... 10 years after the onset of symptoms. Usually, the later the disease occurs, the slower its course is. ref ... on Alexander disease http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov omim 137780,203450,137780,203450 OMIM entries on Alexander ... more details
Refimprove date December 2007 Infobox Disease Name Krabbe disease Image Caption DiseasesDB 29468 ICD10 ... MeshID D007965 Krabbe disease also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy ref name pmid17403939 cite ... system . This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. The disease is named for the Danish neurologist Knud Haraldsen Krabbe . ref WhoNamedIt synd 1457 ref Incidence Krabbe disease ... condition krabbedisease title Krabbe disease accessdate 2008 05 07 date 2008 05 02 work Genetics Home ... high rates of the disease, reported to be 1 in 50,000 births. ref http books.google.com books?id I3Kh1cNJxyUC ... 20disease 20sweden 2050,000&f false Books.Google.com ref Krabbe disease may also be found in cats ... D, Cornaglia E, Schiffer D title Krabbe s disease in two West Highland White terriers journal ... Krabbe disease is caused by mutation s in the GALC gene located on chromosome chromosome 14 human 14 .... As part of a group of disorders known as leukodystrophy leukodystrophies , Krabbe disease results ... in both the CNS and PNS by disrupting lipid rafts and may play a role in Krabbe disease. ref Lee, Wing ... with Krabbe disease are normal at birth. Symptoms begin between the ages of 3 and 6 months with irritability ... and motor development. In the first stages of the disease, doctors often mistake the symptoms for those ... juvenile and adult onset cases of Krabbe disease, which have similar symptoms but slower progression. Diagnosis The disease may be diagnosed by its characteristic grouping of certain cells ..., the disease is generally fatal before age 2. Patients with late onset Krabbe disease tend to have a slower progression of the disease and live significantly longer. Treatment Although there is no cure for Krabbe disease, bone marrow Organ transplant transplantation has been shown to benefit cases early in the course of the disease. Generally, treatment for the disorder is symptomatic and supportive ... the disease as long as they are given before overt symptoms appear. ref cite journal author Escolar ... more details
distinguish Niemann Pick disease Infobox Disease Name Pick& 39 s disease Image Pick s disease.png Caption Brain MRI in Pick s disease DiseasesDB 10034 ICD10 ICD10 G 31 0 g 30 , ICD10 F 02 0 f 00 ICD9 ICD9 331.11 ICDO OMIM 172700 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj neuro eMedicineTopic 311 MeshID D020774 Pick s disease , also known as Pick disease and PiD not to be confused with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, also known as PID , is a rare neurodegenerativedisease . While the term Pick s disease was once used ... as a distinct disease separate from other neurodegenerative diseases because of the presence of large ... . Some people still use the term Pick s disease to mean the more general clinical syndrome of frontotemporal ... s disease the pathology causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain and causes tau ... that are a defining characteristic of the disease. ref name Wang cite journal last Wang first LN coauthors Zhu MW, Feng YQ, Wang JH. title Pick s disease with Pick bodies combined with progressive ... doi 10.1111 j.1440 1789.2006.00671.x ref History Pick s disease is named after Arnold Pick , a professor ... and described the disease in 1892 by examining the brain tissue of several deceased patients with histories ..., E title Introduction Pick s disease and frontotemporal dementia journal Neuropathology volume 19 ... histological feature of this disease a protein tangle that appears as a large body in neuronal .... ref name Armando Symptoms Pick s disease is one of the causes of the clinical syndrome of frontotemporal lobar degeneration which has three subtypes. Pick s disease pathology is associated more ... with a genetic cause, there is no evidence in the modern literature that classical Pick s disease pathology ... with PiD, but some new cases of atypical Pick s disease have come to light that lack noticeable Pick ... of Pick disease with severe white matter atrophy journal Neuropathology volume 26 issue 6 pages ... and immunohistochemical methods for quantifying the pathological lesions of Pick s disease journal ... more details
article 289706 MeshID D006816 Huntington s disease , chorea , or disorder HD , is a neurodegenerativediseaseneurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to cognitive ... can then Protein folding Incorrect protein folding and neurodegenerativedisease misfold and coalesce ... title Glial cells as intrinsic components of non cell autonomous neurodegenerativedisease journal Nat ... Expansions of CAG CTG Triplet Repeats Associated with NeurodegenerativeDisease JBC cite web url http ... of CAG CTG Triplet Repeats Associated with NeurodegenerativeDisease JBC format work accessdate ref ... of CAG CTG Triplet Repeats Associated with NeurodegenerativeDisease JBC cite web url http www.jbc.org ... Triplet Repeats Associated with NeurodegenerativeDisease JBC format work accessdate ref Plus, when ...Infobox disease Name Huntington s disease Image Neuron with mHtt inclusion.jpg Alt Several neurons coloured ... , which occur as part of the disease process, image width 360 micrometre m DiseasesDB 6060 ... cause of abnormal involuntary writhing movements called Choreia disease chorea and is much more common in people of Western European descent than in those from Asia or Africa. The disease is caused ... the disease. In rare situations where both parents have an affected copy this risk increases ... . Physical symptoms of Huntington s disease can begin at any age from infancy to old age, but usually ... become a model for other Dominance genetics genetically dominant diseases. Symptoms of the disease .... As the disease advances, uncoordinated, jerky body movements become more apparent, along with a decline ... decline into dementia . Complications such as pneumonia , heart disease , and physical injury from ..., and full time care is required in the later stages of the disease, but there are emerging treatments ... for individuals and their families, and to promote research. The Hereditary Disease Foundation , a research .... Since that time there have been important discoveries every few years and understanding of the disease ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Canavan disease Image Caption DiseasesDB 29780 ICD10 ICD10 E 75 2 e 70 ICD9 ICD9 330.0 ICDO OMIM 271900 MedlinePlus 001586 eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D017825 Canavan disease , also called Canavan Van Bogaert Bertrand disease , aspartoacylase deficiency or aminoacylase 2 ..., J Moffett, Jr Madhavarao, Cn title Canavan disease and the role of N acetylaspartate in myelin ... brain brain . Canavan disease is also one of the most common degenerative cerebreal diseases of infancy. This disease is one of a group of genetic disorders called leukodystrophies . Leukodystrophies ... disease was first described in 1931 by Myrtelle Canavan . ref cite journal author Canavan MM title ... of the gene for Canavan disease, and subsequent events, generated considerable controversy. In 1987 the Greenbergs, a family with two children affected by Canavan disease, donated tissue samples ... a child with Canavan disease. ref name pmid10464621 cite pmid 10464621 ref For a while the Canavan ... of patenting genes. Prevalence Although Canavan disease may occur in any ethnic group ... thumb right Canavan disease has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance . Canavan disease ... parental carriers. Canavan disease is caused by a defective ASPA gene ASPA gene which is responsible ... of nerve impulses. Symptoms Symptoms of Canavan disease, which appear in early infant infancy ... There is no cure for Canavan disease, nor is there a standard course of treatment. Treatment is symptomatic ... has Canavan Disease, his or her levels of N acetyl aspartate are chronically elevated. The lithium citrate has proven that, in a rat genetic model of Canavan Disease, the lithium citrate significantly ... with Canavan disease by significantly decreasing the elevated amounts of N acetyl aspartate. ref name ... gene is cloned to take over for the defective one that causes Canavan disease. ref name pmid12162821 Cite journal author Janson C et al. title Clinical protocol. Gene therapy of Canavan disease ... more details
Infobox disease Name Refsum disease Image Phytanic acid.png Caption Phytanic acid DiseasesDB 11213 ICD10 ICD10 G 60 1 g 60 ICD9 ICD9 356.3 ICDO OMIM 266500 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj derm eMedicineTopic 705 MeshID D012035 Refsum disease , also known as classic or adult Refsum disease, heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis, phytanic acid oxidase deficiency and phytanic acid storage disease, ref name omim OMIM 266500 ref ref name Fitz2 cite book author Freedberg, et al. year 2003 title Fitzpatrick s Dermatology in General Medicine 6th ed. publisher McGraw Hill isbn 0071380760 page 499 ref ref name ... neurological disease that results from the over accumulation of phytanic acid in cells and tissues ... 1 303 year 1946 ref Classification Adult Refsum disease may be divided into the adult Refsum disease 1 and adult Refsum disease 2 subtypes. The former stems from mutations in the phytanoyl CoA hydroxylase ... omim Adult Refsum disease should not be confused with infantile Refsum disease , a peroxisome biogenesis ... ref Characteristics Individuals with Refsum disease present with neurologic damage, cerebellar ... Refsum disease is a peroxisomal disorder caused by the impaired alpha oxidation of branched chain fatty ... be due to deficiencies of phytanoyl CoA hydroxylase or peroxin 7 activity. In general, Refsum disease is caused by PHYH mutations. Treatment Individuals with Refsum disease are commonly placed on a phytanic ... Storage Disease, Heredopathia Atactica Polyneuritiformis Internet url http www.ninds.nih.gov disorders ... term dietary therapy in the treatment of adult Refsum disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81 ... to elimination of the causative agent of Refsum s disease journal J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. volume ... on Refsum Disease References Reflist 2 PNS diseases of the nervous system Peroxisomal disorders DEFAULTSORT Refsum s Disease Category Inborn errors of metabolism Category Autosomal recessive disorders Category Genodermatoses Category Neurodegenerative disorders Category Rare diseases de Refsum Syndrom ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Sandhoff disease Image Caption DiseasesDB 29469 ICD10 ICD10 E 75 0 e 70 ICD9 ICD9 330.1 ICDO OMIM 268800 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D012497 Sandhoff disease , also ... disorder . An autosomal recessive disease is one passed down from two carrier parents to their offspring. The disease causes a lysosomal storage disease lysosomal storage disorder where the patient has ... , damages the tissues and eventually leads to death. There are three subsets of the disease based ... Sandhoff disease is undeterminable from Tay Sachs disease , ref name omim ref name hex cite journal ... first noticed Sandhoff disease in Germany in 1965. Initially these men were studying the biochemistry ... ref These men classified Sandhoff as an abnormal Tay Sachs disease, and published their findings in the Journal ... Jatzkewitz further discussed the disease in the journal Life Sciences in 1968. ref name pmid5651108 ... in an exceptional case of Tay Sachs disease with additional storage of kidney globoside in visceral ... 68 90024 6 ref Konrad Sandhoff is given the most credit for the discovery of the disease and is currently ... diseases . Types There are three different types of Sandhoff disease, classic infantile, juvenile ... stop codons on mRNA levels in infantile Sandhoff disease volume 3 issue 1 pages 139 145 journal Human Molecular Genetics doi 10.1093 hmg 3.1.139 pmid 8162015 ref Classic infantile form of the disease ... Disease title What is Sandhoff Disease from a medical perspective url http sandhoffdisease.webs.com ... disease. Infants with this disorder typically appear normal until the age of 3 to 6 months, when ... over, sitting, and crawling. As the disease progresses, infants develop seizures, vision and hearing ... with Sandhoff disease may also have enlarged organs organomegaly or bone abnormalities. Children with the severe form of this disorder usually live only into early childhood. Juvenile form of the disease ... Ferrie title Juvenile Sandhoff disease Nine New Cases and a review of the literature journal ... more details
A polycystic disease is a disease that involves multiple cysts scattered throughout an organ, including Polycystic kidney disease Polycystic liver disease Polycystic ovary syndrome disambig ... more details
Artery disease may refer to the following coronary artery disease Peripheral artery disease, more commonly called peripheral vascular disease Carotid artery disease, more commonly called carotid artery stenosis disambig ... more details
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Cleanup link rot date February 2011 Infobox disease Name Lyme Disease Image Adult deer tick.jpg Caption Nymphal and adult Ixodes scapularis deer tick s can be carriers of Lyme disease. Nymphs are about ... emerg 588 MeshID D008193 Lyme disease , or Lyme borreliosis , ref name Bolognia cite book author ... infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia . ref ... Hu cite book author Hu MD, Linden chapter Clinical Manifestations of Lyme Disease in Adults title UpToDate publisher UpToDate year 2009 ref is the main cause of Lyme disease in the United States , whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most Europe an cases. The disease is named after .... Although Allen Steere realized Lyme disease was a tick borne disease in 1978, the cause of the disease ... disease is the most common tick borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere . Borrelia is transmitted ... ref Lyme disease is a biosafety level 2 disease. Signs and symptoms Lyme disease can affect multiple body systems and produce a range of symptoms. Not all patients with Lyme disease will have all symptoms, and many of the symptoms are not specific to Lyme disease, but can occur with other diseases ... author Edlow JA title Lyme disease url http www.emedicine.com derm topic536.htm date 2007 01 25 accessdate ... Lyme Disease Rash.jpg thumb Common bullseye rash pattern associated with Lyme disease Image lymebite.png thumb Characteristic bullseye rash caused by Lyme disease Image Borrelial lymphocytoma.jpg thumb borrelial lymphocytoma on the cheek The classic sign of early local infection with Lyme disease ... Disease eMedicine Ophthalmology. Author Gerald W Zaidman. http emedicine.medscape.com article 1202521 ... AC title Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of early Lyme disease in patients with microbiologically ... cite journal author Auwaerter PG, Aucott J, Dumler JS title Lyme borreliosis Lyme disease molecular ... url ref Lyme disease can progress to later stages even in patients who do not develop a rash ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2007 An anthroponotic disease , or anthroponosis , is an infectious disease in which a disease agent disease causing agent carried by humans is transferred to other animals. It may cause the same disease or a different disease in other animals. The reverse situation, a disease transmitted from animals to humans, is known as zoonotic . Category Animal diseases Category Diseases and disorders disease stub ru ... more details
wiktionary disease A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly. Probably the most profound definition of disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. ref Ministry of Healing by EG White pg 127 ref Disease may also refer to Disease G.G.F.H. album Disease G.G.F.H. album , a 1993 industrial album Disease song Disease song , a 2002 hard rock song disambig References reflist colwidth 30em ... more details
Sir James Paget , a surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, including Paget s disease of bone most common use of Paget s disease Paget s disease of the breast Paget Schroetter disease Extramammary Paget s disease EMPD disambig ar sl Pagetova bolezen ... more details
Still s disease can refer to Juvenile idiopathic arthritis Adult onset Still s disease disambig DEFAULTSORT Still S diSeaSe Category Connective tissue diseases pt Doen a de Still ... more details
Duroziez s disease is a congenital variant of mitral stenosis . It was described in 1877 by Paul Louis Duroziez . External links WhoNamedIt synd 2735 Duroziez diseasedisease stub Congenital heart defects Category Cardiology ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Macrovascular disease is a disease of any large macro blood vessel s in the body. It is a disease of the large blood vessels, including the coronary arteries, the aorta, and the sizable arteries in the brain and in the limbs. This sometimes occurs when a person has had diabetes for a long time. Fat and blood clot s build up in the large blood vessels and stick to the vessel walls. Three common macrovascular diseases are coronary disease in the heart , cerebrovascular disease in the brain , and peripheral vascular disease in the limbs DEFAULTSORT Macrovascular Disease Category Cardiovascular system Disease stub ... more details
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