acquired disease

It is meeting a growing demand to lessen the risk of cross contamination and hospital acquired diseases.

There are many inherited and acquired diseases or disorders that may affect the retina.

Naturally acquired disease caused by H. influenzae seems to occur in humans only.

The nosodes are invaluable for clearing up inherited predispositions and acquired disease toxins which often cannot be treated in any other way.

- Treatment of congenital and acquired diseases of the brain with the help of the Balkenstich.

Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is an acquired disease that occurs when antibodies form against a person's own red blood cells.

"I personally believe that coronary artery disease is an acquired disease of modern development," Dr. Fuster said.

Through inherent defect or acquired disease this tissue may become unsuited for anchoring or nourishing an ovum.

Vitiligo is an acquired disease characterized by skin depigmentation, due to destruction or malfunction of melanocytes (cells that produce melanin).

Inoculation with smallpox was known to result in far less scarring, and greatly reduced mortality, in comparison with the naturally acquired disease.

Gene therapy involves supplying a functional gene to cells lacking that function, with the aim of correcting a genetic disorder or acquired disease.

The "pocky"-ness implies that, with his debts, Townshend had acquired disease (although not necessarily venereal disease).

In 1969 researchers at NAMRU-2 would be the first to demonstrate the role of attenuated Rubella vaccine in preventing naturally acquired disease in man.

Hospitalists are leaders on several quality improvement initiatives in key areas including transitions of care, co-management of patients, reducing hospital acquired diseases and optimizing the care of patients.

There were some granulomatous area on the lower edges of the lungs, possibly caused by migrating worms, but these seemed to be old lesions and not evidence of a newly acquired disease.

Normal hip function can be affected by congenital conditions such as dysplasia, discussed in this article, trauma, and by acquired diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

All at once gene therapy has burst upon the scene as a potential new treatment for genetic disorders, multifactorial conditions, and even for the provision of polypeptide hormones or enzymes to treat acquired disease.

SHM is focused on providing resources, programs and mentoring for quality improvement program for reducing readmissions and hospital acquired diseases whil optimizing transitions of care, glycemic control and overall patient care.

If this system malfunctions, numerous inherited and acquired diseases may result, such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, asthma, inflammatory bowl disease, autoimmune thyroiditis, inflammatory arthritis and lupus.

Gene therapy may be used for treating, or even curing, genetic and acquired diseases like cancer and AIDS by using normal genes to supplement or replace defective genes or to bolster a normal function such as immunity.

Biliary atresia, also known as "extrahepatic ductopenia" and "progressive obliterative cholangiopathy" is a congenital or acquired disease of the liver and one of the principal forms of chronic rejection of a transplanted liver allograft.

Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is one of the "most frequent acquired diseases of the stifle joint" in humans, dogs, and cats; direct trauma to the joint is relatively uncommon and age appears to be a major factor.

He and his colleagues discovered many of the key transcription factors and mechanisms responsible for cardiac gene regulation and formation of the heart and, in so doing, unveiled the molecular underpinnings of congenital and acquired diseases of the heart.