List Diseases – P
Phenylketonuria is a clinical syndrome of mental retardation with cognitive and behavioral impairments caused by elevated blood phenylalanine levels. The primary cause is deficient phenylalanine hydroxylase activity. Diagnosis is based on the finding of high phenylalanine levels and normal or low tyrosine levels.
Phenol (carbolic acid) is an organic multi-component substance. It looks like transparent crystals that turn pink in the open air.
Pharyngomycosis (tonsillomycosis, fungal infection of the oral cavity, fungal pharyngitis, fungal tonsillitis, fungal infection of the pharynx, thrush) is pharyngitis (tonsillitis) caused by fungi.
Pfeiffer syndrome (SP, Pfeiffer syndrome) is a rare genetic developmental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the formation of the head and face, as well as deformities of the bones of the skull and the hands and feet.
It is a fairly common pathology and accounts for about 17% of the total number of aseptic necrosis. It occurs in childhood or adolescence. It is a fairly common pathology and accounts for about 17% of the total number of aseptic necrosis. It occurs in childhood or adolescence.
Persistent galactorrhea-amenorrhea syndrome (synonyms: Chiari-Frommel syndrome, Ahumada-Argones-del Castillo syndrome - named after the authors who first described this syndrome: in the first case in women who have given birth and in the second - in women who have not given birth). Galactorrhea in men is sometimes called O'Connell syndrome.
In modern psychiatry, persecution mania or persecution syndrome is considered one of the subtypes of delusional (paranoid) disorder, which consists of a person having a false belief that others - either specific people or an undefined "they" - are constantly watching him and are trying to harm him in any way.