Search Results for "Multifactorial Respiratory Disease"
Original Source: Genomics and the multifactorial nature of human autoimmune disease.
This article reviews the many new insights into autoimmune disease brought about through genomic investigations.
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Multifactorial Complex Inheritance
Respiratory BronchiolitisAssociated Interstitial Lung Disease
Respiratory syncytial virus RSV Vaccines
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, which manifests primarily as bronchiolitis and/or viral pneumonia, is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children....
Respiratory medicine is concerned with the study of the lungs and diseases that affect them. This includes lung cancers, pneumonia and other infections, fibrosis of the lungs, effusions, obstruction...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - DMD
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severely debilitating childhood neuromuscular disease that affects 1 in 3,500 live male births. This rare disease is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene...
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Anna Soubry on improving respiratory disease care and outcomes
Health Minister Anna Soubry discusses the importance of improving care and outcomes for people with respiratory disease as the introduction to the Better Value, Better Outcomes national respiratory le...
Influence of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status on kidney disease
Socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity contribute to the variability in incidence and progression of kidney disease, access to treatment and health outcomes. In this Review, Patzer and McClellan dis...
Health Canada approves ALung respiratory dialysis device
Pittsburgh-based ALung Technologies has gained Health Canada approval for its Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS), designed for treating patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure includ...
Respiratory Symptoms And Exacerbations In COPD Worsened By Allergic Disease
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have allergic disease have higher levels of respiratory symptoms and are at higher risk for COPD exacerbations, according to a new s...
COPD Foundation Unites with AARC to Support the Medicare RT Access Act
The COPD Foundation has announced that it will participate in the American Association for Respiratory Care's (AARC) Capitol Hill Day, March 12, 2013. Respiratory therapists, patient advocates from th...
ALung Hemolung Respiratory Assist System wins CE mark approval
The European Union has granted CE mark approval to ALung Technologies' Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS) for the treatment of patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure including acute...
BRIEF-Orexo in respiratory disease research deal with AstraZeneca
Jan 25 (Reuters) - Orexo : * Enters research agreement with AstraZeneca for respiratory disease program
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Asthma remains an important human disease that is responsible for substantial worldwide morbidity and mortality. The causes of asthma are multifactorial and include a complex mix of environmental, imm...
Alzheimer's disease, a multifactorial disorder seeking multitherapies.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is multifactorial and apparently involves several different etiopathogenic mechanisms. There are at least five subgroups of AD based on cerebrospinal fluid levels of Abeta(1-4...
There is no convincing evidence regarding radiation-induced heritable risks of adult-onset multifactorial diseases in humans, although it is important from the standpoint of protection and management...
The European Union conference on chronic respiratory disease: purpose and conclusions.
The challenge of predicting macular degeneration.
Abstract This commentary critically evaluates the limitations of genetic risk predictions in multifactorial disease, with specific reference to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is a common...
