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Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which bone strength and resistance to fracture are reduced. Both bone mineral density and bone quality...

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Testosterone is the main circulating androgen in men. Its principal source is the testicular Leydig cells, whose activity is regulated by...

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Antibodies to modified citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) are autoantibodies directed against an altered form of the body's own vimentin...

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Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease in which particular clinical manifestations coexist with persistently positive...

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease in which inflammation of the joint synovium can lead to joint damage. Late...

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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) can cause severe complications and...

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Hyperhomocysteinemia is an elevation of blood homocysteine above the laboratory reference interval. Homocysteine is normally present in blood;...

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The renin–angiotensin and kallikrein–kinin systems help regulate vascular tone, salt and water balance, and blood pressure. The variants below...

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) include disorders of the heart and blood vessels: coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral...