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cryptogenic

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cryp·to·gen·ic  (krpt-jnk) also cryp·tog·e·nous (krp-tj-ns)
adj.
Of obscure or unknown origin. Used of diseases.

cryptogenic [ˌkrɪptəʊˈdʒɛnɪk]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin


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Typical types of interstitial pneumonia include cryptogenic interstitial pneumonia and drug-induced pneumonia, both of which are designated as intractable disorders.
A 57-year-old woman with progressive sclerosing cholangitis and cryptogenic cirrhosis received a liver transplant from a previously healthy 18-year-old man who died of serogroup C N.
In addition, there are more recent reports that the PiMS phenotype can be associated with hepatic dysfunction during the first 6 months of life (Pittschieler 1994), to cryptogenic cirrhosis between ages 1 month and 18 years (Lima et al.
 
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