A disease or physical ailment whose typical course is a worsening, growth, or spread of the underlying process, potentially continuing until death, serious debility, or organ failure. Some progressive diseases can be halted or reversed with treatment, others only slowed, and some do not respond to any current therapy.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXVIII: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XVIIIQuote, List of chapters, Chapter XVIII
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
2. Wikidata: Progressive disease
WikidataWikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable)Quote, Wikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable)
Subclass of: chronic condition
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