MEDgem4 Flashcards
hereditary spherocytosis inheritance pattern?
autosomal dominant
COPD and polycythaemia
erythropoietin
What is the most common immunoglobulin produced by plasma cells in multiple myeloma?
IgG
what does blood test in haemophilia show
increased / prolonged apTT which shows an increase in the clotting pathway which both 8 and 9 are part of
G6PD
presents how
turning yellow - haemolysis
greek/meditarranean man
unconjugated bilirubinaemia
g6pd can be normal
What is the most sensitive biomarker for iron deficiency anaemia?
ferritin
What blood test is used clinically to measure the activity of the instrincit and common clotting pathways?
activated partial thromboplastin time
What chromosomal translocation is associated with Follicular Lymphoma?
14;18
What drug should be given urgently to a patient on LMWH therapy who has significant, life threatening bleeding?
protamine sulfate
What molecule, secreted by the liver, inhibits iron absorption from the gut by inhibiting ferroportin?
hepcidin
