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_____ is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened)
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Dupuytren's contracture
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_____ is a permanent flexion contracture of the hand at the wrist, resulting in a claw-like deformity of the hand and fingers.
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Volkmann's contrature, also known as Volkmann's ischaemic contracture,
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fx of lesser petrosal nerve
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conveys presynaptic parasympathetic fibers from the glossopharyngeal nerve concerned with secretomotor innervation of the parotid gland
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____ is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts), immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea (due to the low platelet counts).
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS)
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define: Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
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The sudden worsening of a patient's condition following penicillin therapy for syphilis. It is caused by the sudden release of toxins from the dying and dead treponemes
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______ is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) protein, the main function of which is inhibition of the complement system.
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C1-inhibitor (C1inh)
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_____ is a biochemical technique used in immunology to detect the presence of an antibody or an antigen in a sample. It utilizes two antibodies, one of which is specific to the antigen and the other which is coupled to an enzyme
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The Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA or EIA for short)
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____ is a method in molecular biology/biochemistry to detect protein in a complex mixture of biomolecules using specific probes such as a antibody or streptavidin specific to a protein or a protein tag such as the hexa-histidine, biotin, c-myc or FLAG tag.
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A Western blot
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____ is a method in molecular biology of enhancing the result of an agarose gel electrophoresis by marking specific DNA sequences.
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A Southern blot
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____ is a method in molecular biology of enhancing the result of an agarose gel electrophoresis by marking specific RNA sequences.
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Northern Blot
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Muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh
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* pectineus
* adductor longus * adductor brevis * adductor magnus * gracilis |
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concentration of leukocytes below which is defined as leukopenia
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below 4000-5000/mm3.
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