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Idiopathic is an adjective used primarily in medicine meaning arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause. From Greek , idios , pathos , it means approximately "a disease of its own kind." It is technically a term from nosology, the classification of disease. For most medical conditions, one or more causes are somewhat understood, but in a certain percentage of people with the condition, the cause...


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Are there any parents with children who have idiopathic anaphalyxis?
I have a 9 yr old with idiopathic anaphalyxis. This means she has anaphalactic...

Idiopathic Anaphylaxis (IA) is a well-described syndrome of anaphylaxis without any recognised external trigger. These patients present with the same symptoms as patients with other types of anaphylactic reaction. The...

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