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Agammaglobulinemia Learning Center
Complications could include:
- Autoimmune Disease
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Chronic Sinusitis
- Recurrent Infection
- Eczema
- Malabsorption Syndr...
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Arthritis; Autoimmune disorders; Chronic sinus or pulmonary disease; Eczema; Intestinal malabsorption syndromes;
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An autoimmune disorder is a condition that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy body tissue. There are more than 80 different types of autoimmune disorders. See also: Immune response
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Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction.
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Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction.
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Diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's own healthy tissues, forming antibodies in an assault on mistakenly identified "foreign invaders. " Autoimmune disorders occur when the body's immune system loses its ability to recognize the ...
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Glandular fever, or mononucleosis, is a viral infection that causes inflamed tonsils (shown here) and fever, and may cause an enlarged spleen. Symptoms most often appear in teens, but more than 80 percent of adults in the United States carry the v...
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Eczema is a chronic skin disorder that involves scaly and itchy rashes.
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Eczema, also called atopic dermatitis (AD), is a noncontagious inflammation of the skin that is characteristically very dry and itchy. The condition is frequently related to some form of allergy, which may include foods or inhalants.
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Malabsorption is difficulty digesting or absorbing nutrients from food.
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Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream.
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Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream.
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Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancerous cells are also called malignant cells.
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost 100 diseases. It is a genetic disease, with two main characteristics of uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of those cells to migrate from the original site...
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Cancer is the end product of a multistep process (carcinogenesis) that occurs over many years. The term "cancer" actually refers to numerous distinct diseases characterized by abnormal cell growth and differentiation. Cancers are categorized by th...
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A group of diseases characterized by uncontrollable cell growth. Cancer is a family of diseases in which cells replicate at an extremely rapid pace. A cancerous, or malignant, tumor begins its growth at a primary site, damaging surrounding tissue ...
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INCLUSION CRITERIA A preliminary list of cancers and related topics was compiled from a wide variety of sources, including professional medical guides and textbooks, as well as consumer guides and encyclopedias. The advisory board, made up of medi...
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled and abnormal growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to spread to distant sites (metastasis). If the spread is not controlled,...
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Unfortunately, man must suffer disease. Some diseases are totally reversible and can be effectively treated. Moreover, some diseases with proper treatment have been virtually annihilated, such as polio, rheumatic fever, smallpox, and, to some exte...
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The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute is the most authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. Established in 1973, SEER originally provided ca...
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Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of tissue cells in the body and the invasion by these cells into nearby tissue and migration to distant sites.
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled and abnormal growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to spread to distant sites (metastasis). If the spread is not controlled,...
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost one hundred diseases. Its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to di...
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Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells in the body and the ability of these malignant cells to spread (metastasize) to distant sites within the body. If the spread is not controlled, cancer can result in death. Cancer is not just ...
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Cancer is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Around the world, over 10 million cancer cases occur annually. Half of all men and one-third of all women in the United States will develop some form of can...
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A continuous process in which multiple alterations occur in genes that control cell division and differentiation that leads to cancer—the uncontrolled division and proliferation of cells. These genetic alterations are referred to as mutations, whi...
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