dysfunction

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dysfunction

any consequence of an activity which inhibits the achievement of the desired objective. In the study of ORGANIZATIONS, dysfunctions refer to those aspects of organizations which are essential to the organization's proper functioning but at the same time detract from organizational performance. For instance, a justifiable emphasis on following the correct procedures can also stifle the flexibility that is often needed in work situations. See GOAL DISPLACEMENT.

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Immune dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Frequency of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in patient with herpes zoster

2006) Upregulation of PD-1 expression on HIV-specific CD8+ T cells leads to reversible immune dysfunction.

Immunosuppression induced by HIV infection

It believed that intimate interactions between gut stable microbiota and immune homeostasis could exist and being imbalanced under influenza viruses caused immune dysfunction.

Cohort clinical and microbiological study of young patients infected with seasonal influenza subtypes A/H3N2 (Victoria, Pert strains) and B viruses in Ukraine: pathophysiology reaction of large intestinal cavity microbiota

Chapters provide overviews of topics such as the role of oxidative stress in insulin resistance and the role of supplements in diabetes; discuss how diabetes induces an immune dysfunction syndrome and how supplements can help control it; review government regulations affecting the role of supplement use and community participation in diabetes control; describe the role of foods and herbs in treatment by indigenous people in Canada, India, and the Arab world; and address modulators like vitamin D, essential fatty acids, chromium, magnesium, calcium, amino acids, taurine, and lutein.

Bioactive food as dietary interventions for diabetes

Previous studies have shown the effects of intestinal microbes in obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, and allergies, and they have been linked to diseases of immune dysfunction.

Microbes in the gut tame the immune system

scientific director of the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America.

Conquering exhaustion

The condition is also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome or Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS).

Raising awareness of ME conditions

Focusing on patterns of disease, as opposed to individual conditions, offers two important venues for environmental health risk reduction: a) Prevention of developmental immunotoxicity and pediatric immune dysfunction, for example, can be used mitigate a number of other diseases; and b) pattern-based treatment of entryway diseases can also be tailored with the aim of disrupting the entire disease pattern and reducing the risk of later-life illnesses connected to underlying immune dysfunction.

Understanding patterns of environmental disease

ME stands for myalgic encephalopathy but it's also known as post-viral fatigue syndrome or chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome.

ME SUFFERERS BATTLING TO RAISE PROFILE OF CONDITION

Although suppression of HIV replication by antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces immune activation, abnormalities may persist and contribute to residual immune dysfunction and non-AIDS HIV disease.

Immune activation and the pathogenesis of HIV disease: implications for therapy

DM is known to cause immune dysfunction and moderate suppression of the immune system (19).

Diabetes & tuberculosis: a dangerous liaison & no white tiger

Most entries have been revised, including those on autism spectrum disorders, atherosclerosis, learning disabilities, neurofibromatosis, polio, rabies, antidepressants, aphasia, AIDS dementia complex, Alzheimer's disease, ADHD, and chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome.