Myoglobinuria (medical condition): Myoglobin (muscle protein) in the urine. It is often caused by destruction of muscle tissue for a variety of reasons such as certain drugs, metabolic abnormalities and trauma.
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Myoglobinuria:
»Introduction: Myoglobinuria
»Symptoms of Myoglobinuria
Myoglobinuria: Excretion of myoglobin in the urine; results from muscle degeneration, which releases myoglobin into the blood; occurs in certain types of trauma (crush syndrome), advanced or protracted ischemia of muscle, or as a paroxysmal process of unknown etiology. SYN: idiopathic paroxysmal rhabdomyolysis, Meyer-Betz disease, Meyer-Betz syndrome.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Myoglobinuria: the presence of myoglobin in the urine.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Myoglobinuria as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Myoglobinuria (medical condition): See Myoglobinuria (disease information).
»Introduction: Myoglobinuria
»Symptoms of Myoglobinuria
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Myoglobinuria into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source: Diseases Database
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