Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome

congenital syndrome characterized by additional electrical pathways causing electrical conduction problems in the heart, leading to sporadic episodes of tachycardia and other symptoms.
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q925092
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Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome

Summary

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,997 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Louis Wolff is named after Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome[5].
  • John Parkinson is named after Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome[6].
  • Paul Dudley White is named after Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome[7].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a type of pre-excitation syndrome[8].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a type of heart conduction disease[9].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a type of genetic disease[10].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a type of disease[11].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome[12].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's afflicts is recorded as electrical conduction system of the heart[13].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 426.7[14].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C35132[15].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's health specialty is recorded as cardiology[16].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as adenosine[17].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as lidocaine[18].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's genetic association is recorded as PRKAG2[19].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_384[20].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:384[21].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001716[22].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_907[23].
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[24].

Why It Matters

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome ranks in the top 7% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,997 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q905695. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Health specialty cardiology
    Afflicts electrical conduction system of the heart
    Instance of rare disease, class of disease
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