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Hi doctors, was just wondering what is an injury/disease that would prove to be fatal?

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Kristel Hunt answered

Specializes in Hepatology

Life is fatal...: not sure what you're after. cardiovascular disease, cancers, trauma - all have potential to be fatal.

Dr Cattano agreed

Answered 7/10/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Examples: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Hutchinson-Guilford Progeria Syndrome, Menkes Disease, Nuclear Factor Kappa B Essential Modulator, paraneoplastic pemphigus, Kuru, Fatal familial insomnia or Zellweger Syndrome.

Dr Munshower and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 7/22/2014

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