Sentences with phrase «lack of oxygen supply»

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a condition which causes the newborn baby's brain cells to die due to lack of oxygen supply, causing permanent brain damage.

Blood test may help identify impairment of major organs that has resulted from a lack of oxygen supply, or from clot formation.

Cerebral hypoxia, or lack of oxygen supply to the brain, causes victims to lose consciousness and stop breathing.

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The resulting lack of oxygen and glucose quickly kills brain tissue in the immediate area, and the affected area continues to expand until blood supply is restored.

During and after a stroke, blood supply to part of the brain is reduced, leading to a lack of oxygen.

Due to the lack of oxygen in the cancer cells, VEGF - A (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) is formed and this promotes the formation of new blood vessels to supply the tumor.

Hypoxia, or a lack of oxygen, is a phenomenon in tumors that occurs when they outgrow their blood supply.

There are a number of different ways it can lead to death, «all stemming from a lack of oxygen to the arteries that supply the heart with oxygen and lack of oxygen delivery to essential organs,» she says.

This is why low ferritin levels can sometimes lead to hair loss, because oxygen supply to the root of the hair follicle is diminished through lack of haemoglobin.

Alpha lipoic acid can also protect brain and muscles from ischemia, a lack of oxygen due to inadequate blood supply.

The resulting lack of supply of dissolved oxygen would lead to depletion of aerobic marine life.

Asphyxia means there is a lack of oxygen in the brain because of an interruption in breathing or poor oxygen supply.