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Course facial features, cluded corneas, restricted joint movement and high plasma levels of lysosomal enzymes? Cause? Prognosis?

EM findings?

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I-cell dz. No mannose-6-phosphate added in golgi. Fatal in childhood.

Many vaculoes

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Recurrent pyogenic infections, partial albinism and peripheral neuropathy. Mutation? Histo?

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Chediak-Higashi. Mutation in mucrotubule polymerization. From LYST mutation (lysosomal trafficking receptor).

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Pt with hyperextensible skin, easy bleeding, hypermobile joints. Can lead to what severe problems?

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Ehlers Danlos. Defect in type 1 or 4 collagen. Berry aneurysms and organ rupture

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Pt with nephritis, deafness and vision disturbances? Defect in?

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Alport syndrome. Defect in collage type 4.

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child with mental retardation, hyperphagia, obesity, hypogodadism, hypotonia. Defect?

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Prader-Willi. Parental allel not expressed (“need dad for balls”)

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Mental retardation, seizures, ataxia, inappropriate laughter?

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Angelmans (materal allele not expressed)

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Rickets like with phosphate wasting at PCT. heredity?

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Hypophosphatemic rickets. X-linked dominant

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Red ragged fibers?

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Mitochondrial Dz

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ADPKD. chromosome?

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16

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Familail adenomatous polyposis. chromosome?

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Pt with tendon xanthomas and MI before 20?

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Familial hypercholesterolemia

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telangiectasia, epistaxis, ateriovenous malfomations?

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Osler weber rendu

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decreased GABA and ACh in brain.

  • chromosome?
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Huntingtons. 4

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darkened iris harmartomas in eyes? Chromosome?

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Lich nodules - NF1. chromosome 17

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Bilateral acoustic schawnomas - chromosome?

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NF2. 22

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Angiomyolipomas in kidney, retinal hamartomas, facial lesions?

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Tuberous sclerosis

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Hemangiomas and bilateral renal cell carcinomas?

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VHL

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X-linked recessive disorders?

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Be Wise, Fool's GOLD Heeds silly HOpe
Brutons agammaglobulinemia
wiskott-aldrich
fabry's
G6PD
Ocular albinism
Lesch0Nyhan
Duchennes/Beckers
Hunters
Hemophilias
OTC deficiency
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Phe 508 deletion. Chromosome?

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CF. 7

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Child with increased in CPK. Check for?

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muscular dystrophy

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Large testies, ears, jaw. gene? Heart problem?

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Fragile X. FMR1. MVP

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trinucleotide repeats? (repeat and chromosome)

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X-Gfs First Aid Helped Ace My Test
Fragile X - cGg
Friedreich's ataxia - GAA (chromosome 9)
huntingtons - cAg - 4
Myotonic dystrophy - cTg - 19
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Myotonic dystrophy. Problem with what protein?

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My-D protein kinase

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amniotic fluid show decreased aFP and estriol and increased B-HCG and inhibin A. 2 Causes?

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Down syndrome. Trisomy 21 and robertsonian translocation

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Down a-FP, B-HCG, estriol

normal inhibin A.

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edward’s syndrome - trisomy 18

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Down B-HCG, down PAPP-A. Sx?

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Patau's (trisomy 13). 
cleft-Palate
holoProcencephaly
Polydactyly 
CycloPs
PDA
PKD
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Crying/mewing child, epicanthal folds. Defect? Heart?

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deletion of short arm of 5. VSD

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bad development of 3rd and 4th pouch?

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Digeorges and velocardiofacial.
CATCH-22
Cleft lip
abnormal facies
thymic aplasia
Cardiac defects
HypoCa

chromosome 22q11 deficiency

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Edema, anemia, asities from malnutrition?

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Kwashiokor

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Muscle wasting, edema from malnutrition?

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marasmus

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Anosmia and no secondary sex characteristics. Defect?

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Kallman syndrome. GnRH secreting cells do not migrate to proper location in hypothalamus. (no GnRH secretion)

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Cystic hygroma?

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neck mass consisting of lymphocytes and connective tissue found in turner’s

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Increased lactate in blood. Lethargic, seizures, mental retardation? Genetics?

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency. X-linked Dominant

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Vomiting, rice water stools and garlic smelling breath? Mech?

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Arsenic poisoning. Inhibits lipoic acid (and pyruvate dehydrogenase). Can also block B1 and resemble beriberi.

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Child with ataxia, abnormal eye movements. Increased lactic acid?

Special diet?

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase

Only ketogenic AAs (leucine and lysine)

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Child with exercise intolerance, muscle craps and burgundy urine?

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Tarui (decreased phosphofructokinase 1)
or
McArdle’s

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Pt with hypoglycemia, jaundice, and vomiting after drinking juice? Deficiency in what enzyme?

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Fructose intolerance. Aldose B

38
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Infant has trouble tracking objects and doesn’t smile. Increased sugar in urine. Deficiency?

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Galactokinse deficiency

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Infant with cateracts, PO4 depletion,

also failure to thrive, jaundice, hepatomegaly,? Deficiency?

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Classic galactosemia. Galactose-1-P uridyltransferase

40
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Child with exzema and musty odor, retardation, seizures. Diet?

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PKU. No Phe

41
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Infant with microcephaly, mental retardation, congenital heart defects. If due to maternal nutritional defect, cause?

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Maternal PKU

42
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Brown sclera, urine turns black. Cause?

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Alkaptonuria. Buildup ot homogentisic acid because improper tyrosine breakdown

43
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Albinism - causes?

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1 defect in tyrosinase
2 defective tryosine transporters
3 bad neural crest migration

44
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Tall Pt with downward and inward gaze, history of stroke and MI, mental retardation. Causes?

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homocystinuria

  1. Cytathionine synthase deficiency
  2. decreased affinity for B6
  3. B12 deficiency
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Cystinuria?

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defect in transporter for cyseine, ornithine, lysine, arginine. Risk of stones

46
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Pt with pellegra. W in urine?

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Hartnup. Defective W absorption in PCT and gut

47
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Hepatomegaly, lactate in blood, xanthomas, seizures, severe hypoglycemia. Defect?

Can also develop?

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Von Gierke’s disease. Glucose-6-Phosphatase

Gout/hyperurecimia and platelet dysfunction

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Doll’s face. Tx?

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Von Gierke’s disease. Glucose, glucagon, E

49
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Infant with cadiomegaly and large tongue. Normal glucose. Glycogen storage Dz? Defect? Histo?

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Pompe’s. Defect in lysosomal a-1,4 gluosidase. Glucose accumulation in liver lysozomes

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Infantile cirrhosis and failure to thrive. Glycogen storage dz? Defect?

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Andersons. Defect in branching enzyme

51
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Painful muscle cramps and peeing red after exercise? Defect?

Tx?

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McArdle’s. Skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase

Ingestion of sucrose before exercise

52
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Baby with little growth, fasting hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly? defect?

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Her’s. Hepatic glycogen phosphorylase

53
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Child with with peripheral neuropathy, renal disease and small discolored spots.

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Farby’s (only glycogen storage disorder with renal dz) a-galactosidase A and ceramide trihexoside

54
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Child with Hepatosplenomegaly, aseptic necrosis of femur

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Gaucher’s. B-glucocerebrosidase. Glucocerebroside

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Child with Macrophages that looks like crumpled up tissue paper?

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Gaucher’s. B-glucocerebrosidase. Glucocerebroside

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Child with Hepatosplenomegaly and cherry red spot?

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Neimann-Pick Dz. Sphingomyelinase. Shingomylin

57
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Child with Cherry red spot, neurodegeneration. Normal abdominal exam

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Tay-Sachs (no hepatosplenomegaly). Hexosaminidase A. GM2 ganglioside

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3 year old. Abnormal startle, decreased motor skills. Cherry red spot?

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Tay-Sachs (no hepatosplenomegaly). Hexosaminidase A. GM2 ganglioside

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Child with Peripheral neuropathy, developmental delay, irritable with optic atrophy?

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Krabbe’s. Galactocerebrosidase. Galactocebroside.

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Child with ataxia, central and peripheral demylination.

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Metachromatic leukodystrophy. Arylsulfatase A. Cerebroside sulfate.

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child with hepatosplenomegaly, cateracts, hepatoslenomegaly. Gargoyle like face.

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Hurlers. a-L-iduronidase. Heparan sulfate, dermatan sulfate

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Aggressive child with gargoyle like face. Normal eyes. Pebbly skin lesions?

Defect and accumulated substance?

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Hunters. Iduronate sulfatase. Heparan sulfate, dermatan sulfate.

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Pt with weakness, hypotonia, hypoglycemia without ketones. Deficiency in what transporter?

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Carnitine deficiency (no LCFA breakdown in mito)

64
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Starvation. Sources of energy?

A 
ATP (secs)
Creatine (secs)
Glycogen (12 hours)
Liver gluconeogenesis (12-18 hours)
Ketones from B-oxidation (18 hours to 3 days)
Protein degradation and death (3+ days)
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Abdominal pain, xanthomas. Hepatosplenomegaly? Increased levels of? Defect?

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I-hyperchyomicronemia. No lipoprotein lipase. increased chylomicrons, TG, cholesterol

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See rings in eye, tendon xanthomas, atherosclerosis? Defect? Increased levels of?

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IIa familial hyperchlesterolemia. No LDL-R. too much LDL, cholesterol

67
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Spots on eyes, pancreatitis, hepatomegaly. Affects every generation? Defect? Increased levels of?

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IV - familial hyperchlesterolemia. Increased VLDLs.

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Infant with failure to thrive, steatorrhea, ataxia, acanthocytosis. Defect? Histo?

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Abetalipoproteinemia. Microsomal tryglyceride transder protein (MTP gene) - decreased B48 and B100. Fat in enterocytes.

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Pt with pale spots on eyes, gap between 1st and 2nd toes, deafness and mental retardation. Later in life at risk for?

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Down syndrome. ALL and Alzheimers

70
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Pt with thin, fragile skin and a hx of aortic aneurysms is pregnant. Danger>

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Elhers-Danlos. Worried about uterine rupture

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12 year old mentally retarded boy with bilaterally dislocated lenses, and tall thin body? Should go on what diet? Furture risk for?

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Homocystinuria. Go on a high cystine, low methionine diet (cystine has become essential).
Cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis

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Pt with course facial features, cateracts and umbilical hernia with skeletal abnormalities. EM will show?

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Hurlers. Swollen lysosomal vesicles. Accumulation of partially degraded polsaccharides.

73
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Pt with repeated sinus infections and point of maximal impulse at the right fifth intercosatal margin. Specific defect?

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Kartageners. Dynein

74
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Pt with incresingly irratible child. “Orange sand” in diapers.

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Lesch-Nyhan. Uric acid results in crystal urine.

75
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Pt with increasing SOB. Alcoholic. Tingling and burning in legs. Bilateral rales and pitting edema. Enlarged cardic silhouette.

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Beriberi (B1 deficiency)

76
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6 year old with vision problems and mental retardation dies of stroke.

Vitamin that should have been given?

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Homocysteinuria. B6

77
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Pt with mitral valve replacement. Gets endocarditis, catalase-positive and coagulase-negative. Tx?

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S. epidermis endocarditis - Vancomycin

78
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Insulin - receptor? Receptor then does?

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TK receptor. Activates potein phosphatase 1

79
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MAP-Kinase vs JAK-STAT pathway?

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GFs vs GH, polactin, inflam mediators/cytokines, prolactin (PIG)

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