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Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome ( CIDS) is a medical condition present at birth marked by impaired physical and mental development, due to insufficient thyroid hormone ( hypothyroidism) often caused by insufficient dietary iodine during pregnancy. It is one cause of underactive thyroid function at birth, called congenital hypothyroidism ...
Type 1 is the most common form of diabetes in dogs and affects approximately 0.34% of dogs. [8] Type 2 diabetes can develop in dogs, although it is not as prevalent as type 1. [9] Because of this, there is no possibility the permanently damaged pancreatic beta cells could re-activate to engender a remission as may be possible with some feline ...
Stages of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, progressing from healthy, to steatosis (fat accumulation), inflammation, fibrosis and cirrhosis. Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease ( MASLD ), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD ), [ a ] is a type of chronic liver disease.
Large studies of patients have also failed to show any correlation between lower urinary tract symptoms and a specific diagnosis. [10] Also, recently a report of lower urinary tract symptoms even with malignant features in the prostate failed to be associated with prostate cancer after further laboratory investigation of the biopsy.
Canavan disease, or Canavan–Van Bogaert–Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive [ 1] degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to nerve cells and loss of white matter in the brain. [ 2] It is one of the most common degenerative cerebral diseases of infancy. [ 3] It is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme ...
Specialty. Infectious disease, endocrinology, surgery. A diabetic foot disease is any condition that results directly from peripheral artery disease (PAD) or sensory neuropathy affecting the feet of people living with diabetes. Diabetic foot conditions can be acute or chronic complications of diabetes. [ 1] Presence of several characteristic ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
Menkes disease ( MNK ), also known as Menkes syndrome, [ 1][ 2] is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in genes coding for the copper-transport protein ATP7A, [ 3] leading to copper deficiency. [ 4][ 5] Characteristic findings include kinky hair, growth failure, and nervous system deterioration.