Not sure what to make of this ( Read more... )

( notes )

( notes from Stansbury's week 10 6/12/2009 lecture, there will be a week 11 lecture as well )

sites for assessing micronutrient contents of food
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
www.nutritiondata.com
( our last nutrition I lecture with professor Gerber, moved forward from same date 2009, already got thyroid, anemia bits )

( combined notes from diagnostic imaging (Stecher), nutrition (Marz 2010), Wilson/Brinson shift 2011, blk bk page completed )

1000 on Ca+ only-->6 more MI's or strokes and 3 less fractures
( data from the Women's Health Initiative added to the meta-analysis of cardiovascular risks associated with calcium supplements )

( rudimentary notes: for boards just remember where diuretics work on tubules, big picture renal fx )

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735066?src=mp&spon=22

Vitamin D deficiency occurs more frequently in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) compared with the general population, and is usually associated with an aggravated form of the disease. ( Read more... )

congenital = present at birth
hereditary = inherited
familial = runs in family
genetic = caused by gene

reduced penetrance often at work in dominant diseases: genotype does not "penetrate" to phenotype

( notes on osteogenesis imperfecta, neurofibromatosis, achondroplasia, marfan syndrome, polycystic kidney disease )

What are the face, skull and foot changes seen with acromegaly?
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