CIHR Disease Type Controlled Vocabulary

This version is provided for quick reference to show how terms are grouped and displayed in the Disease Type search results.

The main headings are the top level terms. All second-, third- and fourth-level terms are indented with bullets below their top level terms.

Links to main headings are provided below to aid in navigating the list.

Addiction

  • Alcoholism
  • Gambling
  • Nicotine addiction
  • Substance abuse

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Blood-related diseases and conditions

  • Anemia
    • Fanconi anemia
  • Blood cancer
    • Leukemia
    • Myeloma
  • Blood clots
    • Thrombosis
  • Blood-borne pathogens
  • Hemophilia
    • Hemophilia A
  • Hepatitis
    • Hepatitis A
    • Hepatitis B
    • Hepatitis C

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Cancer

  • Bladder cancer
  • Blood cancer
    • Leukemia
      • Acute lymphblastic leukemia
    • Lymphoma
    • Myeloma
  • Bone cancer
    • Osteosarcoma
  • Brain tumour
    • Human glioblastoma
  • Breast cancer
  • Cervical cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Eye cancer
    • Retinoblastoma
  • Head and neck cancer
  • Kidney cancer
    • Wilms’ tumour
  • Lung cancer
  • Metastasis
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Sarcoma
    • Kaposi’s sarcoma
    • Osteosarcoma
  • Skin cancer
    • Melanoma
  • Testicular cancer
  • Tumours

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Cardiovascular diseases

  • Aneurysm
  • Angina
  • Athersclerosis
  • Arrhythmia
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Congential heart disease
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Heart disease
  • Hypertension
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Stroke

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Chronic diseases

  • Addiction
    • Alcoholism
    • Gambling
    • Nicotine addiction
    • Substance abuse
  • Allergies
  • Anxiety disorders
    • Anxiety
    • Panic disorder
    • Phobias
      • Agoraphobia
    • Social anxiety disorder
  • Arthritis
    • Ankylosing spondylitis
    • Fibromyalgia
    • Gout
    • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
    • Lupus
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Psoriatic arthritis
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Scleroderma
    • Sjögren's syndrome
  • Asthma
  • Autism spectrum disorder
    • Autism
    • Asperger's syndrome
  • Cardiac conditions
    • Angina
    • Atherosclerosis
    • Arrhythmia
    • Congenital heart disease
    • Heart disease
    • Hypertension
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    • Emphysema
  • Depression
    • Bipolar depression
    • Major depression
    • Seasonal affective disorder
  • Diabetes
    • Diabetic retinopathy
    • Gestational diabetes
    • Hyperglycemia
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Type 1 diabetes
    • Type 2 diabetes
  • Eczema
  • Epilepsy
  • Eye conditions
    • Cataracts
    • Glaucoma
    • Macular degeneration
  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  • Gallbladder disease
  • Hearing loss
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Colitis
      • Ulcerative colitis
    • Crohn's disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Liver disease
    • Cirrhosis
      • Primary biliary cirrhosis
    • Hepatitis
  • Migraine
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Obesity
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Osteoporosis
  • Periodontal disease
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Psoriasis
  • Schizophrenia
  • Sleep conditions
    • Insomnia
    • Narcolepsy
    • Restless legs syndrome
  • Sleep apnea

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Developmental Conditions and Disorders

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
    • Autism
    • Asperger's syndrome
  • Birth defects
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Conduct disorder
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Dyslexia
  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  • Hyperactivity
  • Intellectual disabilities
    • Autism
    • Down Syndrome
    • Mental retardation
  • Low birth weight
  • Neural tube defects
    • Spina bifida
  • Sudden infant death syndrome
  • Tourette syndrome

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Ear and Eye-related diseases and conditions

  • Ear-related
    • Deafness
    • Hearing loss
    • Tinnitus
  • Eye-related
    • Blindness
    • Cataracts
    • Diabetic retinopathy
    • Eye cancer
      • Retinoblastoma
    • Glaucoma
    • Leishmaniasis
    • Macular degeneration
    • Retinitis

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Environmental Diseases and Conditions

  • Asthma
    • Childhood asthma
  • Bisphenol A
  • Climate change
  • Environmental estrogen
  • Environmental toxins
  • Hyperthermia
  • Hypothermia
  • Lead exposure
  • Mercury poisoning
  • Ozone
  • Particulate matter
  • Pbde
  • Pcb
  • Phosphates
  • Radon
  • Smog
  • Ultraviolet radiation
  • Volatile organic compounds

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Food- and Water-borne illnesses

  • Bacterial illnesses
    • Brucella
    • Campylobacter
    • Cholera
    • Clostridium perfringens
    • E. coli
    • Listeria monocytogenes
    • Staphylococcus aureus
    • Streptococcus
  • Microbial contamination
  • Parasitic diseases
    • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Prion diseases
    • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
    • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Viruses
    • Coronovirus
    • Enterovirus
    • Hepatitis A

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Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions

  • Addison's disease
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • Diabetes
    • Gestational diabetes
    • Hyperglycemia
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Type 1 diabetes
    • Type 2 diabetes
  • Gallbladder disease
  • Gastrointestinal illness
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Colitis
      • Ulcerative colitis
    • Crohn's disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Kidney disease
  • Liver disease
    • Cirrhosis
      • Primary biliary cirrhosis
    • Hepatitis
      • Hepatitis A
      • Hepatitis B
      • Hepatitis C
  • Lysosomal storage disorders
    • Tay-Sachs
  • Malnutrition
  • Obesity
  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
    • Sepsis
      • Septic shock
    • Ulcers

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Genetic Diseases and Chromosomal Abnormalities

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Breast cancer
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Crohn's disease
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Down Syndrome
  • Fabry disease
  • Fragile X
  • Huntington disease
  • Muscular dystrophy
    • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • Spinal muscular atrophy
  • Tay-Sachs
  • Turner syndrome

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Immunological diseases

  • Auto-immune diseases
    • Addison's disease
    • Allergies
    • Alopecia areata
    • Antiphospholipid syndrome
    • Arthritis
      • Ankylosing spondylitis
      • Fibromyalgia
      • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
      • Lupus
      • Psoriatic arthritis
      • Rheumatoid arthritis
      • Scleroderma
      • Sjögren's Syndrome
    • Arteritis
    • Cardiomyopathy
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
    • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Multiple sclerosis
    • Myocarditis
    • Primary biliary cirrhosis
    • Retinitis
    • Thyroiditis
    • Type 1 diabetes
    • Ulcerative colitis
  • Immune diseases
    • Leukemia

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Infectious diseases

  • Bacterial diseases and infections
    • Anthrax
    • Brucella
    • Campylobacter
    • C. difficile
    • Clostridium perfringens
    • E. coli
    • Epstein-Barr
    • Leprosy
    • Lyme disease
    • Listeria monocytogenes
    • Pertussis
    • Pneumonia
      • Bacterial pneumonia
    • Salmonella
    • Staphylococcus aureus
      • MRSA
    • Streptococcus
    • Toxic shock syndrome
    • Tuberculosis
    • Ulcers
  • Fungal infections
    • Candidiasis
  • Metastasis
  • Parasitic diseases
    • African trypanosomiasis
    • Leishmaniasis
    • Malaria
    • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
    • Chlamydia
    • Hepatitis
      • Hepatitis B
      • Hepatitis C
    • Herpes
      • Herpes simplex
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Papillomaviruses
      • Human papillomavirus
    • Syphilis
  • Viral infections
    • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
    • Coronovirus
      • SARS
    • Chicken pox
    • Cholera
    • Dengue
    • Ebola
    • Enterovirus
    • Hantavirus
    • Hepatitis
      • Hepatitis A
      • Hepatitis B
      • Hepatitis C
    • Herpes
      • Herpes simplex
      • Herpes zoster
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Influenza
      • Avian flu
    • Malaria
    • Measles
    • Meningitis
    • Pandemic
    • Polio
    • Pneumonia
      • Viral pneumonia
    • Pseudomonas
    • Rabies
    • Rubella
    • Smallpox
    • Tuberculosis
    • West Nile virus

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Musculoskeletal diseases

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Arthritis
    • Ankylosing spondylitis
    • Fibromyalgia
    • Gout
    • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
    • Lupus
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Psoriatic arthritis
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Scleroderma
    • Sjögren's Syndrome
  • Bone disease
    • Bone density
    • Bone mass
    • Fractures
    • Osteoporosis
  • Dyskinesia
    • Torticollis
  • Hernia
  • Movement disorders
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Neuromuscular diseases
  • Oral and dental conditions
    • Caries
    • Gum disease
      • Gingivitis
    • Periodontal disease
    • Tooth decay
  • Paralysis
  • Skin Diseases and Conditions
    • Acne
    • Burns
    • Eczema
    • Psoriasis
    • Skin cancer
      • Melanoma
  • Spinal cord injuries

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Neurological diseases and mental health

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Anxiety disorders
    • Anxiety
    • Panic disorder
    • Phobias
      • Agoraphobia
    • Obsessive compulsive disorder
    • Social anxiety disorder
  • Aphasia
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
    • Autism
    • Asperger's syndrome
  • Brain injury
    • Traumatic brain injury
  • Brain tumours
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Delirium
  • Dementia
    • Alzheimer's disease
    • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
    • Frontotemporal dementia
    • Lewy body dementia
    • Vascular dementia
  • Depression
    • Bipolar disorder
    • Major depression
    • Postpartum depression
    • Seasonal affective disorder
    • Suicidal ideation
    • Suicide
  • Eating disorders
    • Anorexia
    • Bulimia
    • Overeating
  • Epilepsy
  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  • Headaches
    • Migraine
  • Huntington disease
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hyperactivity
  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Movement disorders
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Nerve damage
  • Neuromuscular diseases
  • Paralysis
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Personality disorders
    • Obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Prion diseases
    • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
    • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Psychoses
  • Schizophrenia
  • Spinal cord injuries
  • Stress
  • Stroke

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Reproduction

  • Child-related
    • Hypoxia
    • Infant mortality
    • Meconium aspiration syndrome
    • Premature babies
  • Parent-related
    • Caesarian delivery
    • Fertility
      • Endometriosis
      • Impotence
      • Menopause
    • Gestational diabetes
    • Incontinence
    • Labour
    • Maternal mortality
    • Miscarriage
    • Pre-eclampsia
    • Pregnancy
    • Preterm birth
    • Postpartum depression

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Respiratory diseases

  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Asthma
    • Childhood asthma
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    • Bronchitis
    • Emphysema
  • Common cold
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Hypoxia
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung Diseases
  • Pneumonia
    • Bacterial pneumonia
    • Viral pneumonia
  • Pulmonary edema
  • Reovirus
  • SARS
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sudden infant death syndrome

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Sleep disorders

  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder
  • Restless legs syndrome