Causes template

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

Introduction to the Causes Page

Goal: To provide a comprehensive list of all potential underlying causes of the condition. To categorize the causes both by organ system and alphabetically, so it is an easily searchable source for a medical professional.
Search The Diseases Database (http://diseasesdatabase.com/content.asp) to assure that the list is complete.
Remember this is not the chapter to describe what the disease causes. What the disease causes would go under the natural history and complications chapter.
Remember this is not the chapter where guidance is provided on how to distinguish the disorder from other disorders. That is the chapter on differentiating (disease name)from other diseases.
As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing [[square brackets]] around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click here.
Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below.

The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence.
The goal is to summarize the page several sentences, and the section can be the same as the causes segment on the overview page.
To see an example, click here.

This section is to outline the most common causes of the disease or condition you are describing.
This can be done in list form, with the appropriate percentage listed next to the cause. Click here for a common causes section in the Pericarditis causes page.

To obtain the coding for the table seen below, click here. You need to copy the table content from the edit box, and paste it into the edit box.
You can then list the causes by organ system. List the causes, separated by a comma under the appropriate category where it says "No underlying causes". Erase "No underlying causes" if you are listing causes in that category.
For an example of the causes by organ system table in a causes microchapter, click here