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- Chagas disease
Chagas disease (also called American trypanosomiasis) is a mammalian disease occurring only in the Americas. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, one of the kinetoplastid flagellates, transmitted to humans by triatomine insects known in the different countries as assassin bug, vinchuca, kissing bug, chipo, barbeiro, etc. Common triatomine vector species for trypanosomiasis belong to the genera Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus. The most common transmitting species are Triatoma...
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- Alexander Disease Information Page
Alexander disease is a rare, genetically determined degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It is one of a group of disorders known as the leukodystrophies, diseases that result from imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath, the fatty covering that acts as an insulator around nerve fibers in the brain. Myelin, which lends its color to the "white matter" of the brain, is a complex substance made up of at least ten different chemicals. Each of the leukodystrophies affects...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Alpers' Disease Information Page
Alpers' disease is a rare, genetically determined disease of the brain that causes progressive degeneration of grey matter in the cerebrum. The first sign of the disease usually begins early in life with convulsions. Other symptoms are developmental delay, progressive mental retardation, hypotonia (low muscle tone), spasticity (stiffness of the limbs), dementia, and liver conditions such as jaundice and cirrhosis that can lead to liver failure. Optic atrophy may also occur, often causing...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Alzheimer's Disease Information Page
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized in the brain by abnormal clumps (amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (neurofibrillary tangles) composed of misplaced proteins. Age is the most important risk factor for AD; the number of people with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65. Three genes have been discovered that cause early onset (familial) AD. Other genetic mutations that cause excessive accumulation of amyloid protein are...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) Information Page
von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare, genetic multi-system disorder characterized by the abnormal growth of tumors in certain parts of the body (angiomatosis). The tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are benign and are comprised of a nest of blood vessels and are called hemangioblastomas (or angiomas in the eye). Hemangioblastomas may develop in the brain, the retina of the eyes, and other areas of the nervous system. Other types of tumors develop in the adrenal glands, the kidneys,...
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- American Society for Surgery of the Hand - http://www.hand-surg.org/
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- American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society - http://www.aofas.org/
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- Diabetes, heart disease go hand-in-hand
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:41 EST
- American College Of Foot And Ankle Surgeons Holds Annual Scientific Conference March 15 - 18, 2007 In Orlando
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Evidence in Inmate’s Hand, Justice in His Sights
New York Times - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:33 EST
- Foot Pain Ruining Your Golf Swing?
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Appearance Concerns Related To Depression In Patients With Rheumatic Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
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- Study to Compare Different Light Therapies (Narrowband Ultraviolet B Vs PUVA) for Hand and Foot Skin Diseases.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00217009 - Recruiting
Dermatitis; Psoriasis
- Treatment of Recalcitrant Hand and Foot Warts With Intense Pulsed Light - a Randomized Controlled Trial
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00254280 - Recruiting
Warts
- FDG-PET Imaging in Complicated Diabetic Foot
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00194298 - Recruiting
Diabetic Foot Disease
- Risk of Cancer in Users of Regranex (Becaplermin) and Matched Comparators
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00518102 - Active, not recruiting
Cancer; Foot Ulcer, Diabetic; Diabetic Foot; Foot Ulcer; Neoplasms
- Pyridoxine in Preventing Hand-Foot Syndrome Caused by Capecitabine in Patients With Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00486213 - Recruiting
Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity; Dermatologic Complications; Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

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