bronchiectasis
bronchiectasis
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by DONALD ANDERSON - 2007-04-22
Bronchiectasis is a chronic necrotizing infection of the bronchi and bronchioles leading to or associated with abnormal dilation of these airways. It is manifested clinically by cough, fever, and ...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-23
Bronchiectasis is a chronic necrotizing infection of the bronchi and bronchioles leading to or associated with abnormal dilation of these airways. It is manifested clinically by cough, fever, and expe...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-23
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) refers to a group of clonal stem cell disorders characterized by maturation defects resulting in ineffective hematopoiesis and an increased risk of transformation to AML...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-26
Arterial hypertension occurs when changes develop that alter the relationship between blood volume and total peripheral resistance. For many of the secondary forms of hypertension, these factors are r...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-26
MI, also known as heart attack, is overwhelmingly the most important form of IHD and alone is the leading cause of death in the United States and industrialized nations. About 1.5 million individuals ...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-26
The hemolytic anemias are characterized by the following features:Shortening of the normal red cell life span, that is . premature destruction of red cellsAccumulation of the products of hemoglobin ca...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-27
Diabetes mellitus is a major cause of renal morbidity and mortality and diabetic nephropathy is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney failure in the United States. End - stage kidney disease occ...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-27
Hereditary nephritis refers to a group heterogeneous hereditary-familia renal disease associated primarily with glomerular injury. Two deserve discussion: Alport syndrome because the lesions and genet...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-27
Bronchogenic carcinoma can be associated with a number of paraneoplastic syndromes, some of which may antedate the development of a gross pulmonary lesion. The hormones or hormone-like factors elabora...
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by sanjoea - 2007-04-27
This form of glomerulonephritis is characterized by the presence of prominent IgA deposits in the mesangial regions, detected by immunoflouorescence microscopy. The disease can be suspected by light m...