Disease etiology

Once cirrhosis is diagnosed, disease progression is relentless, regardless of the initial insult to the liver. Determining the specific cause of cirrhosis requires examination of both physical presentation and past medical history. An accurate social history is particularly important because few factors in the physical and laboratory examination aid in determining disease etiology. Understanding the cause of a patient s cirrhosis is imperative because it can affect therapeutic options and treatment decisions. 

Molecular strain typing facilitates investigation of prion disease etiology 800... 

Other failures will result from differences in disease etiology, although responders and nonresponders may have the same or very similar symptoms and signs before treatment is started. Some asthmatics do not respond to drugs that block the synthesis of leukotrienes because leukotrienes do not account for their asthma (Drazen et al., 1999). 

Despite differences in disease etiology and cellular properties of affected neurons in various forms of neurodegenerative disorders, loss of acetylation homeostasis appears to represent a critical and decisive mechanism commonly underlying... 

St. George-Hy slop P. 1995. Genetic determinants of Alzheimer disease. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Down Syndrome 139-145. 

Conjunctival Allergic Disease Etiology, Immune Findings, and Clinical Manifestations... 

Allergic Lid Disease Etiology, Immunology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management... 

DNLM 1. Tooth Diseases-etiology. 2. Tooth Diseases-prevention control. 3. Mouth-physiology. 4. Oral Hygiene. 5. Risk Factors. WU 140 T258 2005] I. Duckworth, Ralph M. II. Series. 

Skinner MK, Manikkam M, Guerrero-Bosagna C (2010) Epigenetic transgenerational actions of environmental factors in disease etiology. Trends Endocrinol Metab 21(4) 214-222... 

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