Dysplasia - abnormal development of organs and tissues. In general, dysplastic manifestations are congenital malformations. Incorrect development can also occur in postembryonic life, that is,...

The lens is a transparent body in the form of a biconvex lens. The imaginary line connecting the anterior and posterior poles of the lens is called the axis of the lens. The normal lens does n...

It is known that for the description of karyotype there is a system of accepted abbreviations. This provision is also attributed to the description of chromosomal mutations. Chromosomal dise...

Plasmatic lipoids are inherited diseases, the common feature of which is a high level of fats( lipoids) in the blood plasma. Another name for these diseases is family hyperlipidemia. Plasma li...

There are two forms of the disease: acquired, ie, developed in the process of life, and hereditary, which is quite rare. Hereditary form of the disease can be transmitted both in the autosomal...

Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a heterogeneous group of diseases due to its manifestations and genetic disorders, the main manifestation of which is mild paralysis of the lower extremitie...

The disease was described in 1961. It is transmitted by an autosomal recessive type of inheritance and is due to a deficiency of the histidase enzyme. This enzyme in the body is contained main...

The disease was first described in 1962. This disease is transmitted by an autosomal recessive type of inheritance. The primary biochemical defect is the inadequate activity of the enzyme, whi...

Fructoemia is a hereditary disease consisting of intolerance to fructose, which is associated with impaired metabolism in the body. For the first time this disease was described back in 1956. ...

Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital constriction or a complete aortic rupture. The frequency of coarctation of the aorta is 6.3-15% of all heart defects. The first description of this con...

The arterial duct is a vessel that connects the aorta and the pulmonary trunk in the intrauterine period. Open of the bottles is a vessel that has retained its function after the expiration ...

Among the lung diseases, idiopathic diffuse pulmonary fibrosis takes a special place. This disease also has another name: the Hammam-Rich syndrome, after the names of the authors who described...

Atrezium tricuspid valve is the third most common among congenital heart defects of the blue type after the tetralogy of Fallot and the transposition of the main vessels. The frequency among a...

Normally, the aortic valve has three valves. In 1886, it was noted that the asteroidal aortic valve is a fairly common finding in postmortem research and is much more common than other conge...

A common arterial trunk is one large vessel that drains from the heart through a single valve and provides coronary( cardiac) circulation, as well as blood flow into both( large and small) blo...

From diseases associated with defects in the transport of minerals, it is necessary to distinguish enteropathic acrodermatitis, manifested by skin lesions, diarrhea and sometimes the appearance o...

Idiopathic hemosiderosis of the lungs( Delen-Gellerstedt syndrome) is one of the rare forms of lung lesions. The disease was first described by R. Virchow in 1864. The autosomal recessive type...

Intolerance of monosaccharides, as a rule, is characterized by the presence of defects in the active transport of glucose in the intestinal mucosa. Currently, both primary and acquired disorde...