Test 61: all Flashcards
3 year old, has: intellectual disability, gait or posture abnormality, eczema, and musty body odor
phenylketonuria
What is X-linked (Bruton) agammaglobulinemia ? mutation in what
defect in B cell maturation
- Burton tyrosine kinase gene
Staph. aureus in an IV drug user hurts what valve
tricuspid valve
Absolute risk reduction equation
event rate in the central group - event rate in treatment group
patient presenting with skeletal abnormalities, lens dislocation, intellectual deficits, vascular thrombosis and genetic defect in cystathionine beta-synthase enzyme
Homocystinuria
Pleiotrophy
multiple phenotypic manifestations result from single genetic mutation
When do children develop an understanding of concept of gender
age 3-4
first line therapy for Lyme disease? contraindications?
Doxycycline - contraindicated in pregnancy due to tooth discoloration
- give Amoxicillin
Burkitt lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma is related to what virus
EBV
Postauricular and occipital lymphadenopathy is common in what virus
rubella, togavirus
What does pyruvate kinase convert
Phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate
- generate ATP
Role of splenic red pulp
remove damaged RBC
what values are changed due to sickling episodes that result in hemolysis
- increase indirect bilirubin and lactate dehydrogenase
- decrease levels of haptoglobin
Where are dietary lipids digested
duodenum
where are fatty acids passively absorbed
jejunum
SLE impact on complement
reduce rerum complement levels