List Diseases – Z
Zygomycosis is an invasive mycosis caused by lower zygomycete fungi, which belong to the Zygomycetes class. Zygomycosis is characterized by an extremely severe course. Without early surgical treatment and active antifungal therapy, it usually leads to death.
Injuries to the arms and legs are quite common, because with the help of these limbs a person performs basic household and professional duties, moves and even protects other parts of the body from damage.
The causative agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is L. major. It differs from the causative agent of the anthroponotic subtype of cutaneous leishmaniasis by a number of biological and serological features.
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a syndrome caused by hypergastrinemia due to gastrin production by a hormonally active tumor (gastrinoma).
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS; Q79.6) is a genetically heterogeneous disease caused by various mutations in collagen genes or in genes responsible for the synthesis of enzymes involved in the maturation of collagen fibers.
ZAP-70 (zeta-a-associated protein-70) deficiency results in impaired T-lymphocyte activation, which causes defects in signaling systems.