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Why can the effects of epinephrin...,
Why is it difficult to make insul...,
How do tyrosine kinases work
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Clinical aspects of adrenal function
What types of hormones are secret...,
What are steroid hormones derived...,
What are the hormones released by...
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Genetic kidney disease - Polycystic kidney disease
What are types of genetic differe...,
What is a characteristic of an au...,
What is a characteristic of a x l...
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Type I Diabetes Mellitus
What can cause type i dm,
What are the differences between ...,
What is the major treatment for t...
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Endocrine pancreas
What are the two parts of a pancreas,
What are the characteristics of a...,
What are the characteristics of a...
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Type II diabetes
What are the features of type ii ...,
What are the two mechanisms by wh...,
Characteristics of insulin resist...
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Regulation of plasma glucose
What is the normal range of plasm...,
What is hypoglycemia,
What happens to the body during h...
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Thyroid gland
What does the hypothalamus release,
What does the anterior pituitary ...,
How does the trh travel to the pi...
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Thyroid disorders
How can we classify thyroid disor...,
Why is classification of thyroid ...,
What are possible causes of thyro...
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Parathyroid
Describe the structure and locati...,
What does pth do,
What happens if adenoma develops ...
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Introduction to endocronology
What are the different types of c...,
What are the 3 categories of chem...,
What are examples of steroid horm...
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Hormone synthesis
What type of hormone is insulin,
What are the steps of making insulin,
What is the structure of preproin...
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Pattern of hormone secretion
What is a circadian rhythm,
What drives the circadian rhythm,
What does the circadian clock do
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Pituitary gland and hypothalamus
What is the pituitary gland known as,
What are structural properties of...,
Why are pituitary adenomas often ...
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Adrenal gland
Characteristics of adrenal gland,
What is the function of the adren...,
What are the two areas of the adr...
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Posterior pituitary
What is the origin of the two par...,
What is the name of the upwards i...,
What is the name of the downward ...
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Chronic Kidney Disease
What is a chronic kidney disease,
What are the ways to diagnose ckd,
What are the causes of ckd
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Complications of CKD
What are the complications of ckd,
Examples of hormonal disturbances...,
Why does fluid accumulate in ckd
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Dialysis - theory
What are the aims of dialysis,
What are the steps of haemodialys...,
Why does the blood and dialysate ...
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Dialysis - the practicalities
What are the two forms of dialysi...,
What is haemodialysis,
What is peritoneal dialysis
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Kidney transplant
What are the two possible complic...,
What technique was used in the ea...,
What are the two sources of donor...
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Immune aspects of kidney transplant
Do transplantations between non i...,
What does hla stand for,
What does hla do
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Vascular and interstitial disease
What is the phenotype of normal b...,
What happens when there is damage...,
How do endothelial cells change f...
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Pre-renal kidney disease
What are the two types of pre ren...,
How can you measure acute pre ren...,
What are the 3 categories of kidn...
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Functional perfusion of the kidney
Which organ has the highest blood...,
What is the average blood flow to...,
What is the average plasma flow t...
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Tubular injury
What parts of the kidney fall und...,
What 3 categories can we divide r...,
Why are the tubules often the sit...
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Post-renal causes of kidney damage
How is post renal kidney damage c...,
What route does urine take,
What happens once the passage of ...
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Glomerular disease
What are the 3 different cell typ...,
What is the role of the endotheli...,
What is the role of the podocytes
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Introduction to nephrology
What vessel supplies the kidney w...,
What vessel drains the kidney wit...,
Where does the urine travel
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Sodium and water transport along the nephron
How many moles of sodium are filt...,
How many moles of sodium are excr...,
How many litres of blood are filt...
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Uraemia and uraemic toxins
What is uraemia,
What are the characteristics of u...,
Is it known which uraemic toxins ...
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Measuring kidney function
What is renal clearance,
Which substances can be used to m...,
What is the maximum possible rena...
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Formation of filtrate
What is the ultrafiltrate,
What is the diameter of the glome...,
What is the length of the glomeru...
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Endocrine and neuronal regulation of blood pressure
What are the two ways in which bl...,
What controls short term regulati...,
What controls long term regulatio...
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Basics of acid base balance
Why is it important to regulate b...,
What will excess protons do to pr...,
Body reactions produce enough aci...
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Mechanisms of obtaining acid base balance
Where in the tubule does resorpti...,
How is bicarbonate resorption imp...,
Is bicarbonate resorption an acti...
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Water balance
What determines the plasma volume...,
What is hyperosmolality,
What are the symptoms of hyperosm...
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CKD epidimeology in the west
What is the meaning behind the pr...,
What are the factors affecting th...,
What are the fators affecting the...
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Diabetes mellitus - general
What is diabetes mellitus,
What happens normally in out body...,
What happens if blood glucose ris...
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