Diseases

Diseases

Contributors in Diseases

Diseases

A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin D in the diet, insufficient production of vitamin D in the skin, inadequate absorption of vitamin D from the diet, or abnormal conversion ...

vitamin E deficiency

Health care; Diseases

A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin E in the diet, characterized by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia, and disturbances of ...

Alexander disease

Health care; Diseases

A rare inherited disorder of myelin formation. Alexander disease is a progressive leukencephalopathy whose hallmark is the widespread accumulation of cytoplasmic inclusions called Rosenthal fibers. ...

hemangiosarcoma

Health care; Diseases

A rare malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating, anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled or lumpy spaces.

Canavan disease

Health care; Diseases

A rare neurodegenerative condition of infancy or childhood characterized by white matter vacuolization and demeylination that gives rise to a spongy appearance. Aspartoacylase deficiency leads to an ...

Isaacs syndrome

Health care; Diseases

A rare neuromuscular disorder with onset usually in late childhood or early adulthood, characterized by intermittent or continuous widespread involuntary muscle contractions; fasciculation; ...

glomus tympanicum tumor

Health care; Diseases

A rare paraganglioma involving the glomus tympanicum, a collection of chemoreceptor tissue adjacent to the tympanic cavity. It can cause tinnitus and conductive hearing loss (conductive hearing ...