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  2. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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    Hypertensive heart disease includes a number of complications of high blood pressure that affect the heart.While there are several definitions of hypertensive heart disease in the medical literature, [1] [2] [3] the term is most widely used in the context of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding categories.

  3. Secondary hyperparathyroidism - Wikipedia

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    Secondary hyperparathyroidism is the medical condition of excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) by the parathyroid glands in response to hypocalcemia (low blood calcium levels), with resultant hyperplasia of these glands. This disorder is primarily seen in patients with chronic kidney failure.

  4. Primary hyperparathyroidism - Wikipedia

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    The most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism is a sporadic, single parathyroid adenoma [5] resulting from a clonal mutation (~97%). Less common are parathyroid hyperplasia [6] (~2.5%), parathyroid carcinoma (malignant tumor), and adenomas in more than one gland (together ~0.5%).Primary hyperparathyroidism is also a feature of several familial endocrine disorders: Multiple endocrine ...

  5. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    History of present illness: H&P: history and physical examination (which very often are considered as a pair) HPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: HPETE: hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid: HPF: high-power field HPI H/oPI: history of the present illness: HPOA: hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy hPL

  6. Tertiary hyperparathyroidism - Wikipedia

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    While primary hyperparathyroidism is the most common form of this condition, [2] [3] [4] secondary and tertiary are thought to result due to chronic kidney disease (CKD). [2] Estimates of CKD prevalence in the global community range from 11 to 13% which translate to a large portion of the global population at risk of developing tertiary ...

  7. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

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    ICD-10 coding number Diseases Database coding number Medical Subject Headings Iron-deficiency anemia: D50: 6947: Iron-deficiency anemia (or iron deficiency anaemia) is a common anemia that occurs when iron loss (often from intestinal bleeding or menses) occurs, and/or the dietary intake or absorption of iron is insufficient. In such a state ...

  8. Diabetic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a disorder of the heart muscle in people with diabetes. It can lead to inability of the heart to circulate blood through the body effectively, a state known as heart failure (HF), [ 2 ] with accumulation of fluid in the lungs ( pulmonary edema ) or legs ( peripheral edema ).

  9. Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2 - Wikipedia

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    PAS II is defined as the association between autoimmune Addison's disease and either autoimmune thyroid disease, type 1 diabetes, or both. [5] It is heterogeneous and has not been linked to one gene. Rather, individuals are at a higher risk when they carry a particular human leukocyte antigen (HLA-DQ2, HLA-DQ8 and HLA-DR4). APS-II affects women ...