Random USMLE Facts volume 1-3

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Random USMLE Facts volume 1-3:

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Dawson's Fingers:

(Below); seen in brain MRI of multiple sclerosis patients.

Dawson's Fingers

Stevens-Johnson syndrome:

Ethosuximide causes Stevens-Johnson syndrome: blistering of the oral, nasal, and genital mucosa, as well as the conjunctivae.

Pemphigus vulgaris:

Easily ruptured superficial vesicles that often crust and erode; IgG antibody against epidermal cell membrane.

Bullous pemphigoid:

Skin vesicles that are filled with a clear fluid; IgG antibody against epidermal basement membrane.

Irritable bowel syndrome:

Treat diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with loperamide.

Peripheral tolerance:

When a peripheral T Helper lymphocyte receives the first signal (peptide-major histocompatibility complex) but no second signal (CD28-B7 ligation), that T lymphocyte undergoes anergy.

Ras:

Belongs to the guanosine triphosphate-binding proteins.

Erb and HER2:

Encode growth factor receptors.

Abl:

Has tyrosine kinase activity.

Glipizide:

(A sulfonylurea) closes potassium channels expressed in the cell membrane of pancreatic acinar cells.

Diverticulitis:

An inflammation of diverticula, often occurs in the sigmoid colon.

Hepatitis B tx:

One treatment for hepatitis B: lamivudine and interferon-alpha.

Gastric ulcer bleeding:

When a gastric ulcer in the posterior duodenum erodes through the intestinal wall, it erodes the gastroduodenal artery, and this causes profuse bleeding.

Left gastric artery:

Left gastric artery supplies the superior lesser curvature of the stomach.

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Additional Readings:

Random USMLE Facts

1. Random USMLE Facts volume 1-1
2. Random USMLE Facts volume 2-1
3. Random USMLE Facts volume 3-1
4. Random USMLE Facts volume 4-1
5. Random USMLE Facts volume 5-1
6. Random USMLE Facts volume 6-1
7. Random USMLE Facts volume 7-1
8. Random USMLE Facts volume 8-1
9. Random USMLE Facts volume 9-1
10. Random USMLE Facts volume 10-1
11. Random USMLE Facts volume 11-1
12. Random USMLE Facts volume 12-1

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