3/24/16 Flashcards
Aldesleukin (IL-2)
Renal cell carcinoma
Metastatic melanoma
Infected T-cell cell demonstrates multilobulated nucleus described as cloverleaf of flower cells
HTLV-1Adult T-cell Leukemia
Contralateral face and arm weakness of the upper motor neuron type, with gaze preference towards the side of the lesion and variable unilateral neglect
MCA (middle cerebral infarct)
Excessive, intense, or prolonged grief, as well as grief that is delayed, inhibited or denied
Pathologic grief
Small, gram-positive with tumbling motility
Listeria Monocytogenes
Albuminocytologic dissociation
Elevated CSF levels of protein with normal cell count
Seen in Guillian-Barre
Drug used to treat Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma Cruzi
Nifurtimox
Factor XI (hemophilia C) AR common in
Ashkenazi Jews
Fat, elongated uvula, daytime sleepiness, inability to concentrate, and hypertension
OSA (obstructive sleep apnea)
Recurrent asphyxiarespiratory acidosis (if chronic)compensated by retention of renal HCO3 (metabolic alkalosis)
Chemical antagonist-binds directly to an agonistprevents agonist binding to target
Binds toxic metal such as copper (Wilson disease)
D-Penicillamine
Coltivirus
Double-stranded RNA virus in Reovirus family
Primary somatosensory cortex (ex: for right side)
Left postcentral gyrus
First 15 degrees of abduction of the arm
Supraspinatus
Most common rotator cuff injury
Pain anteriorly and superiorly to glenohumeral joint during abduction
Seborrheic keratosis
Benign, flat, pigmented squamous proliferation with keratin cysts
Dermatitis herpetiformis is associated with
Celiac disease (pruritic papules and vesicles)
VTNRs (variable numbers of tandem repeats) like CAG in Huntington’s are detected by:
DNA-DNA hybridization
HIV cancer associations
Kaposi and non-Hodgkin
Dipalmitoylphosphatidycholine
Surfactant
Give mother glucocorticoids to prevent
Serine protease inhibitor alpha-1 antitrypsin usually functions to inhibit
neutrophil elastase