The phrase "a type of chronic" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to describe a specific category of chronic conditions or diseases, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "Diabetes is a type of chronic illness that requires ongoing management."
Alternatives: "a category of chronic" or "a form of chronic".
Nearly 21 million people in the United States suffer from neuropathic pain, a type of chronic pain caused by damage to the nervous system.
A type of chronic kidney disease often develops, probably as a result of the high concentration of Bence Jones proteins in the kidney tubules; this frequently is the ultimate cause of death.
The disease, a type of chronic kidney ailment, has affected about a third of the population in some areas in the region of Uddanam, the journalist Sasha Chavkin writes.
The taxi driver suffered from emphysema, a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a type of chronic daily headache (CDH).
Dysthymia is a type of chronic depressed or irritable mood disorder, and cyclothymia is a mild form of bipolar II disorder, characterized by major depressive and hypomanic episodes.
Matched control subjects lacked a history of any type of chronic or acute illnesses and none were using any medications, OTC or prescription drugs that had any known immunologic effects.
This week in the magazine, Jerome Groopman writes about reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a type of intense chronic pain, and how a better understanding of R.S.D. might help to explain certain fundamental aspects of the nervous system.
This week in the magazine, Jerome Groopman writes about reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a type of intense chronic pain, and how a better understanding of R.S.D.… This week in the magazine, John McPhee publishes the first of two articles on coal trains.
Neuropathic pain (NeP) is a specific type of chronic pain "caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system", 1 and may result from a variety of disparate diseases and medical conditions.
Granulomatous inflammation is a distinct type of chronic inflammation.
