Archives: Conditions A-Z

Prader-Willi/Angelman region disorders

Smith-Magenis syndrome: deletion disorder with sleep disturbance and behavioral features.

Primary biliary cholangitis

Autoimmune destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts leading to cholestasis and cirrhosis.

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Progressive fibro-obliterative cholangitis with bile-duct strictures, linked to IBD and cholangiocarcinoma risk.

Primary hyperoxaluria

Hepatic overproduction of oxalate causing recurrent stones, nephrocalcinosis and systemic oxalosis.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Defective ciliary motility causing chronic respiratory infections and organ laterality defects.

Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

Inherited cholestatic disorders presenting in infancy with severe pruritus and progressive liver disease.

Progressive supranuclear palsy

Tauopathy with vertical gaze palsy, postural instability and falls, axial rigidity.

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Accumulation of surfactant in alveoli impairing gas exchange, usually autoimmune.