Dermatomyositis: Clinical features and pathogenesis

Atherosclerosis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features and Treatment

Worldwide, more people die of the complications of a disease that has been a companion ofmankind since antiquity than of any other cause. This disease is called atherosclerosis. Macroscopic and microscopic evidence of atherosclerosis has been found in the aortas and the carotid, coronary and femoral arteries of mummies from Egypt, North America and China dating from around 3000 BC to AD 400 (Cu...

Canine Hypoadrenocorticism: Pathogenesis and Clinical Features*

dogs.Young, female dogs are predisposed.The most common cause of primary hypoadrenocorticism has been proposed to be immune-mediated destruction of all three layers of the adrenal cortex.This results in mineralocorticoid (aldosterone) and glucocorticosteroid (cortisol) deficiency. Patients typically present with a history of waxing and waning or fulminant gastrointestinal (GI) signs or of acute...

[Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: pathogenesis and clinical features].

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Treatment

Clinical features and pathogenesis of severe malaria.

A major change in recent years has been the recognition that severe malaria, predominantly caused by Plasmodium falciparum, is a complex multi-system disorder presenting with a range of clinical features. It is becoming apparent that syndromes such as cerebral malaria, which were previously considered relatively clear cut, are not homogenous conditions with a single pathological correlate or pa...