This dimension groups medical conditions by the body system they primarily affect. Wikipedia notes that a disease "adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism," a structure that is always located within one particular body system. Browsing this way collects every condition affecting the same body system.
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1. ICD-10 (Wikipedia)
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ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997Contains: HIV/AIDS
A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC PressContains: Chronic Kidney Disease
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