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Autoimmune haemolytic anaemias
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemias
Adult autoimmune haemolytic anaemias (AIHAs) include different subtypes of a rare autoimmune disease in which autoantibodi...
Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe, progressive, neurodevelopmental disorder, which affects predominantly females. In most ca...
Systemic capillary leak syndrome
Systemic capillary leak syndrome
The vascular endothelial barrier maintains intravascular volume and metabolic homeostasis. Although plasma fluids and prot...
Anorectal malformations
Anorectal malformations
Anorectal malformations (ARM) are rare congenital anomalies with an overall prevalence of 3.32 per 10,000 pregnancies. ARM...
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a haematological lymphoid malignancy involving tumoural plasma cells and is usually characterized...
Biliary atresia
Biliary atresia
Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory fibrosclerosing disease of the biliary system and a major cause of neon...
Catatonia
Catatonia
Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor, affective and cognitive–behavioural signs, which la...
von Willebrand disease
von Willebrand disease
This PrimeView highlights the pathophysiological mechanisms of von Willebrand disease, and summarizes the epidemiology, di...
Alkaptonuria
Alkaptonuria
This PrimeView highlights the pathophysiology of Alkaptonuria, a rare inherited metabolic disease, and summarizes its epid...
Retinal detachment
Retinal detachment
Retinal detachment (RD) occurs when the neurosensory retina, the neurovascular tissue responsible for phototransduction, i...
Invasive candidiasis
Invasive candidiasis
Invasive candidiasis is an important fungal disease caused by Candida albicans and, increasingly, non-albicans Candida pat...
Author Correction: Oesophageal atresia
Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Amsterdam, The...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the foremost cause of death by an infectious disease globally. Multidrug-resistant or rifampicin...
Degenerative mitral regurgitation
Degenerative mitral regurgitation
Degenerative mitral regurgitation is a major threat to public health and affects at least 24 million people worldwide, wit...
IgA nephropathy
IgA nephropathy
IgA nephropathy (IgAN), the most prevalent primary glomerulonephritis worldwide, carries a considerable lifetime risk of k...
Potential and pitfalls of conversational agents in health care
Potential and pitfalls of conversational agents in health care
Conversational agents (CAs) are computer programs designed to engage in human-like conversations with users. They are incr...
Scars
Scars
Wound healing occurs as a response to disruption of the epidermis and dermis. It is an intricate and well-orchestrated res...
Traumatic muscle injury
Traumatic muscle injury
Traumatic muscle injury represents a collection of skeletal muscle pathologies caused by trauma to the muscle tissue and i...
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is a global health issue with sex differences in incidence and prognosis. Bladder cancer has distinct molec...
Congenital lung malformations
Congenital lung malformations
Congenital lung malformations (CLMs) are rare developmental anomalies of the lung, including congenital pulmonary airway m...
Cryptococcal meningitis
Cryptococcal meningitis
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes cause meningoencephalitis with high fatality rates and c...
Hirschsprung disease
Hirschsprung disease
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a rare congenital intestinal disease that occurs in 1 in 5,000 live births. HSCR is charact...
Proactive strategies for the health-care response to natural disasters
Proactive strategies for the health-care response to natural disasters
Historically, the health-care response to natural disasters has been reactive, with responders rushing to the scene using ...
Hepatitis A virus infection
Hepatitis A virus infection
Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable infection caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Over 150 million new infections of h...
Male infertility
Male infertility
Clinical infertility is the inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of trying. Male factors are estimated to con...
Author Correction: HIV infection
The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, RSA, Cape Town, South AfricaLinda-Gail BekkerDuke Global Health Inst...
Glycogen storage diseases
Glycogen storage diseases
Glycogen storage diseases (GSDs) are a group of rare, monogenic disorders that share a defect in the synthesis or breakdow...
HIV infection
HIV infection
The AIDS epidemic has been a global public health issue for more than 40 years and has resulted in ~40 million deaths. AID...
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is one of the most common causes of early-onset dementia and pr...
HIV-associated lung disease
HIV-associated lung disease
Lung disease encompasses acute, infectious processes and chronic, non-infectious processes such as chronic obstructive pul...