The most common form affects infants and young children, and is characterized by progressive failure of central myelination, usually leading to death usually within the first decade. (abcam.com)
Rather than relaying his deteriorating condition, the nurse delayed communicating with the result being that the man's heart suffered from progressive failure to the point where his chances of survival were reduced from a probable 90 % to 20 %. (patinolawoffice.com)
Chronic kidney disease — or CKD for short — is a progressive failure of function that prevents kidneys from fulfilling their role filtering waste from the blood stream. (sciencedaily.com)