17th October 2008
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease is also known as Sharp syndrome. Mixed connective tissue disease is a rheumatic disease that has features shared by lupus, scleroderma, polymyosistis or dermatomyositis and rheumatoid arthritis. It is a disorder of the immu...
17th October 2008
MSA is also known as Shy-Drager syndrome. Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is an adult-onset disease with features of Parkinsonism, autonomic dysfunction, urinary dysfunction and cerebellar ataxia. Patients with MSA have more widespread damage to the autonom...
17th October 2008
Muenke Syndrome, also known as FGFR3-related craniosynostosis. Muenke syndrome is an inherited condition characterized by the early closure of certain bones of the skull (coronal synostosis), which affects the shape of the head and face. Many people with ...
17th October 2008
Multiple myeloma also known as myeloma or Kahler's disease. Myeloma is part of the wide group of diseases called hematological malignancies. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. Plasma cells are the cells responsible for formin...
17th October 2008
Medullary Sponge Kidney also known as Cacchi-Ricci disease. Medullary sponge kidney is a congenital disorder of the kidneys characterized by a cystic dilatation of the collecting tubules in one or both kidneys. MSK affects about 1 person per 5,000 to 20,0...
17th October 2008
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is a disorder abnormally affecting the metabolism of amino acids. The disorder impresses the way the body metabolizes certain components of protein. These components are the three branch-chain amino-acids leucine, isoleuc...
17th October 2008
A malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a type of cancer known as soft tissue sarcoma. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a malignant neoplasm of vague origin that arises both in soft tissue and bone. Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma occurs as a pain...
17th October 2008
Mercury poisoning also called mercurialism or hydrargyria. Mercury poisoning is a illness result by exposure to mercury or its toxic compounds. Mercury poisoning is the caused of too much exposure to the poison mercury. The consumption of fish is by far t...
17th October 2008
Morquio syndrome is a mucopolysaccharide storage disease. Morquio syndrome is a genetic disease of metabolism in which the body is missing or doesn't have enough of a substance needed to break down long chains of sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans....
17th October 2008
Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a inherited condition that affects several parts of the body. Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a mental retardation-multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by a typical facies, developmental delay, epilepsy, and variable congen...
17th October 2008
Motor neurone disease is one of the most frequent neurodegenerative diseases of adult onset. Motor neurone disease is a advanced, degenerative disorder that affects nerves in the upper or lower parts of the body. Upper motor neurons direct the lower motor...
17th October 2008
Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome is a unusual autosomal recessive disorder characterized by cerebellar atrophy, ataxia, cataracts, short stature and varying degrees of mental retardation. Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome can be related with mutations of the SIL1 gen...
17th October 2008
Mesenteric artery ischemia also known as, mesenteric ischemia, acute mesenteric ischemia or chronic mesenteric ischemia. Mesenteric artery ischemia is a narrowing or impediment of one or more of the three mesenteric arteries, which are the main arteries s...
17th October 2008
Megalencephaly is a type of cephalic disorder and also called macrencephaly. Megalencephaly is marked by an abnormally large, heavy, usually malfunctioning brain. The head may be enlarged at birth or become abnormally big in the early years. The brain wei...
17th October 2008
Moebius Syndrome is an extremely rare condition which typically affects the sixth and seventh cranial nerves. These nerves affect the face and eye muscles. Other cranial nerves may be affected, especially the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th and 12th. There may ...
