Congenital disorder, abnormality of structure and, consequently, function of the human body arising during development.
A disease can be defined as a disorder or abnormality of structure or function.
In the rehabilitation of patients with prolonged back and neck pain, it is necessary to assess the physical impairment, i.e. the pathological, anatomical or physiological abnormality of structure or function leading to loss of normal ability [ 2].
Studies of mTBI have also demonstrated abnormalities of brain structure in several of the regions that we identified to have different structure in PPTH compared to migraine [17 19].
Abnormalities of cardiac structure and function are common in patients undergoing dialysis, and cardiovascular disease is the major cause of mortality in this group.
Medical anthropology in the Anglo-American tradition defines disease in terms of "abnormalities of the structure and function of body organs and systems," and illness in terms of "the subjective response of the patient to being unwell" (Helman, 1981: 548).
The muscle echogenicity was higher on day 20 if compared to day 1, both in RF (p < 0.005) and in AT (p < 0.004), suggesting further abnormalities of muscle structure which cannot be explained by malnutrition alone.
The aim of the study was to assess whether the relationship of QUS to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) would reflect abnormalities of bone structure observed in renal osteodystrophy.
The causes of schizophrenia are not at all well understood, but numerous abnormalities of brain structure have been reported.
Each histological section was also assessed for any abnormalities of the structure of the kidney.
