Disclaimer
The information provided on the Human Disease Atlas is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
The content is based on general knowledge and may not reflect the most current medical research or practices. Users should verify information with reliable sources.
Credits
This educational website has been developed to provide integrated learning resources on diseases, anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The conceptual framework and explanations were prepared by available information from standard medical textbooks and publicly available academic knowledge.
Limited excerpts and paraphrased concepts were derived from the following sources:
- Braunwald's Heart Disease (12th ed.)
- Brenner & Rector's The Kidney (11th ed.)
- DeJong's The Neurologic Examination (7th ed.)
- Fitzpatrick's Dermatology (9th ed.)
- Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology (26th ed.)
- Gray's Anatomy for Students (41st ed.)
- Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (14th ed.)
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (21st ed.)
- Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science (6th ed.)
- Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology (8th ed.)
- Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy (8th ed.)
- Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (10th ed.)
- Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (11th ed.)
- Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy (8th ed.)
- Tortora & Derrickson, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (16th ed.)
- Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology (19th ed.)
- West's Respiratory Physiology (10th ed.)
Transparency Data
For transparency, the Human Disease Atlas acknowledges the site pages and explicit clinical research sources that support the educational content.
Site Pages
- index.html — Main interactive disease atlas.
- library.html — Disease library and reference index.
- research.html — Live research portal for PubMed, PubChem, ClinicalTrials.gov, and OpenFDA.
- disclaimer.html — Educational disclaimer and acknowledgements.
- copyright.html — Copyright notice and permissions.
- privacy.html — Privacy policy and data handling disclosures.
- googlef8dd7a0f718ed83a.html — Search engine verification file.
Clinical Research & Guidelines
- Alzheimer’s disease — van Dyck CH et al. Lecanemab in Early AD. NEJM. 2023. PMID:36449413; Knopman DS et al. Alzheimer disease. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021. PMID:34381016.
- Parkinson’s disease — Bloem BR et al. Parkinson's disease. Lancet. 2021;397:2284-2303. PMID:33799911; Kalia LV, Lang AE. Parkinson's disease. Lancet. 2015;386:896-912. PMID:25904081.
- Heart failure — McDonagh TA et al. 2021 ESC HF Guidelines. Eur Heart J. 2021. PMID:34447992; McMurray JJV et al. DAPA-HF. NEJM. 2019. PMID:31535829.
- Asthma — GINA 2024 Global Strategy for Asthma Management. ginasthma.org; Wechsler ME et al. Dupilumab in Asthma. NEJM. 2018. PMID:29782224.
- Diabetes — ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes 2024. Diabetes Care. 2024;47(Suppl 1); Davies MJ et al. ADA/EASD Consensus. Diabetologia. 2022. PMID:36189689.
- Rheumatoid arthritis — Smolen JS et al. EULAR RA recommendations 2022. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023. PMID:36347534; Fraenkel L et al. 2021 ACR RA Guideline. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021. PMID:33471432.
- Hepatitis C — AASLD/IDSA HCV Guidance. hcvguidelines.org 2023; Lawitz E et al. Sofosbuvir-velpatasvir for HCV genotype 1-6. NEJM. 2015. PMID:25607597.
- Sickle cell disease — NHLBI Evidence-Based Management of Sickle Cell Disease. 2014. PMID:25268390; Ataga KI et al. Crizanlizumab for SCD (SUSTAIN). NEJM. 2017. PMID:27959701.
- Psoriasis — Armstrong AW et al. Psoriasis. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2019. PMID:31801900; Gordon KB et al. Risankizumab vs ustekinumab. Lancet. 2018. PMID:29961683.
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Special thanks to the developers and contributors who made this project possible.