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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for Underlying cause of death
  1. Keratoderma with woolly hair 
    ... an abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia), heart failure, and sudden ... on the underlying genetic cause. Type I, also known as Naxos disease, is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/keratoderma-with-woolly-hair - Genetics
  2. Brugada syndrome 
    ... infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is a major cause of death in babies younger than 1 year. SIDS is ... Southeast Asian populations, where it is a major cause of death. Researchers have determined that SUNDS and Brugada syndrome ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/brugada-syndrome - Genetics
  3. Leigh syndrome 
    ... c oxidase or COX, is also a common cause of Leigh syndrome, underlying approximately 15 percent of cases. One of the ... especially sensitive to decreases in cellular energy. Cell death in the brain likely causes the characteristic lesions seen in Leigh syndrome, which ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/leigh-syndrome - Genetics
  4. Stargardt macular degeneration 
    ... surrounding cells of the retina, eventually causing cell death. Loss of cells in the retina causes the progressive vision loss that is characteristic of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/stargardt-macular-degeneration - Genetics
  5. Methylmalonic acidemia 
    ... excess acid in the blood (metabolic acidosis) that cause serious health complications. Without treatment, this disorder can lead to coma and death in some cases. Methylmalonic acidemia occurs in an ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/methylmalonic-acidemia - Genetics
  6. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome 
    ... syndrome can lead to cardiac arrest and sudden death. The most common ... or underlying heart disease. The most common heart defect associated ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome - Genetics
  7. Thanatophoric dysplasia 
    ... cloverleaf skull.The term thanatophoric is Greek for "death bearing." Infants with thanatophoric ... Mutations in the FGFR3 gene cause thanatophoric dysplasia. Both types of this condition result ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/thanatophoric-dysplasia - Genetics
  8. Raynaud phenomenon 
    ... is categorized as primary when there is no underlying disorder that accounts for the exaggerated response of ... Raynaud's Phenomenon: A Brief Review of the Underlying Mechanisms. Front Pharmacol. 2016 Nov 16;7:438. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/raynaud-phenomenon - Genetics