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45 Cards in this Set
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campylobacter jejuni infection? associated? |
acute inflam demyel polyradiculoAdis |
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Aids with destroys oligodendrocytes? |
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy |
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hereditary motor + sensor |
Charcot-marie-tooth |
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Gullain barre <==> which bacteria? |
Campylobacter jejuni |
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Familial RB <==> which malignancy? |
Osteosarcoma |
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Viral pattern of CSF? |
Lymphocytic pleocytosis Normal glucose Elevated protein |
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VDRL positive |
Syphilis |
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Necrosis + hemorrhage in brain |
Glioblastoma |
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Most vulnerable brain area to ischemia? |
Hippocampus |
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Alzheimer histology? |
Neuritic plaques Neurofibrillary tangles |
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Psammoma bodies |
Papillary thyroid carcinoma Meningioma Mesothelioma Papillary serous carcinoma |
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Eye + cerebellum |
MS |
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Gullain barre <==> which cranial nerve? |
7 |
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Upper limb loss pain +temp, weakness + hyporeflex Lower limb weakness + hyperreflx |
Syringomelia |
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Cushing triad in brain stem compression |
Hypertension Bradycardia Resp depression |
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Mechanism of papilledema in intracranial hypertension |
Impairs axonplasmic flow |
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bitemporal hemianopia ? causes?
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pituitary tumor, craniopharyngioma, aneurysm of ACom
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nasal hemianopia? cause?
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occlusion of anterior choroidal artery occlusion of MCA or lesion of posterior limb of internal capsule |
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Meyer loop cause?
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temporal lobe |
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dorsal optic radiation cause?
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parietal lobe
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spared macula?
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PCA
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SLOW relaxation of muscles?
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myotonia
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\ in actetylcholine in Alzheimer ? Mechanism?
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def of choline acetyltransferase in basal nucleus of Meynert
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most common cause of spontaneous lobar hemorrhage?
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amyloid angiopathy
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Rosenthal fibers?
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pilocytic astrocytomas
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brain tumor <--> AIDS?
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1st CNS lymphoma
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Fallot 4, truncus arteriosus, abnormal facies thymic aplasia cleft palate hypocalci, hypoparathyroid |
DiGeorge syndrome
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spinal stenosis. Most common region?
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lumbar
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feature of symptoms of spinal stenosis?
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posture-dependent
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most common cause of spinal stenosis?
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degenerative arthritis
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uterine arteries are branches of what artery?
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internal iliac
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purine, pyrimidine de novo Dihydrofolic acid --X--> THF? |
TMP ( bacteria) MTX ( human) |
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functions of vWF?
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- / factor VIII stability - augment platelet binding --> platelet plug |
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mechanism of desmopressin in patients with vWD?
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/ vWF release from endothelial cells
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VIPoma. Symptoms?
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Excess vasoactive intestinal peptide : - watery diarrhea - hypokalemia - achlorhydria |
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which part of the spleen plays the role in hemolysis by removal of damaged RBCs?
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red pulp
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Pellagra?
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B3 deficiency . 3D's -dermatitis - diarrhea - dementia |
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B3 is essential component of what coenzymes?
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- NAD - NADPH |
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predominant cells in granulomas?
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- epitheloid macrophages - multinucleated giant cells |
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what immune cells involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
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- IL-2 - Th1 subtype - INF- gamma - TNF- alpha |
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pulsus paradoxus. Definition?
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> 10 mmHg with inspiration
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causes of pulsus paradoxus?
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cardiac tamponade severe asthma chronic obstructive pulmonary disease constrictive pericarditis |
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causes of back pain?
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6 - osteoarthritis - radiculopath - spinal stenosis - spondyloarthropathy - spinal metastasis - vertebral osteomyelitis |
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back pain features in spinal metastasis?
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- worse at night - not relieved with position changes or analgesics |
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electrical impulse bypass the AV node on ECG?
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- short PR interval - widening of QRS interval - delta wave |
