Growth is a very important aspect of development of human‚ influenced both by environmental factors‚ such as nutrition and infectious diseases‚ and by intrinsic factors‚ such as hormones‚ growth factors and a variety of additional genetic factors [1] and is affected with many genes. Growth failures are caused by a disruption of one of the pathways involved in growth regulation [2‚3]. Misregulation in this process can lead to disproportionate or proportionate short stature or various skeletal dysplasias
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pill-rolling‚ slowness of movement‚ abnormal gait. Later behavioural and mental problems occur. Pathology: Lewy bodies (a-synuclein inclusions) and reduced dopamine activity. No cure. Who gets it? Over 50s‚ usually. Why do they get it? Idiopathic disease (no known cause). Mostly genetic‚ sometimes environmental. Considerted non-genetic‚ but small proportion have first degree relative also effected. a-synuclein (SNCA)‚ parkin (PRKN)‚ leaucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2)‚ PTEN-induced
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radiography is virtually pathognomonic for chronic pancreatitis. Among all cases of chronic pancreatitis‚ alcohol use (environmental toxin) is the most common etiology‚ accounting for 70%. The second most common group‚ accounting for 20% of cases‚ is idiopathic or unknown etiologies. The etiology of chronic pancreatitis‚ pancreatic fibrogenesis appears to be a typical response to injury. This involves a complex interplay of growth factors‚ cytokines‚ and chemokines‚ leading to deposition of extracellular
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Self-study Questions – Sleep and Rest Answers to these study questions can be found in Potter & Perry‚ Kee‚ and Taber’s dictionary. 1. Briefly describe the 4 stages of Non-rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep. · Stage 1: NREM -Stage lasts a few minutes. It includes lightest level of sleep. Decreased physiological activity begins with gradual fall in vital signs and metabolism. Sensory stimuli such as noise easily arouses person. Awakened‚ person feels as though daydreaming has occurred. · Stage
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com/docview/409120234?accountid=3611 2. Bell ’s palsy: diagnosis and management. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Oct 1 ;76(7):997-1002. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1001/p1004.html and http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1001/p997.html 3. Bell’s palsy: Facial palsy; Idiopathic peripheral facial palsy; cranial mononeuropathy. 2012‚ May 21st. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001777/ 4. Bell’s palsy Overview: 2011‚ July 20. http://www.webmd.com/brain/tc/bells-palsy-topic-overview
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BRAND NAME GENERIC NAME THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION INDICATION OR USE 1. ADVIL IBUPROFEN anti-inflammatory‚ analgesic and antipyretic Management of mild to moderate pain & inflammation 2. ALAXAN IBUPROFEN PARACETAMOL Analgesics (Non-Opioid) & Antipyretics Relief of mild to moderately severe pain of musculoskeletal origin 3. AMBROLEX AMBROXOL Cough & Cold Preparations Acute exacerbations of chronic & asthmatic bronchitis‚ bronchial asthma & bronchiectasis 4. ARTHRO - - - 5. ASCOF FORTE Vitex negundo
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Considered the father of psychoanalysis‚ Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionizes the study of dreams with his work The Interpretation of Dreams. Freud begins to analyze dreams in order to understand aspects of personality as they relate to pathology. He believes that nothing you do occurs by chance; every action and thought is motivated by your unconscious at some level. In order to live in a civilized society‚ you have a tendency to hold back our urges and repress our impulses. However‚ these
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Over sixty days of secondary school have been dreadfully missed due to the idiopathic chronic illness I was allegedly born with. Unbearable intestinal cramping‚ to regurgitating fifteen times a week once‚ and being more prone to infections are only some repercussions of this particular disorder. One result of gastroparesis that ultimately
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The researchers also observed that in children who had idiopathic GH deficiency‚ subcutaneous injections of sermorelin resulted in a statistically substantial increase in their height. This rise in growth rate could be sustained consistently over a period of 36 months. It was also observed that the two types of
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albumin decreases the frequency of hepatorenal syndrome. Prognosis: generally resolved with antibiotic therapy. Survival rate is fare however there is a great chance that patient will have recurrence at 1 year. Inflammatory bowel disease: an idiopathic disease which is caused by dysregulated immune response to host intestinal microflora. Ulcerative colitis is a IBD that affects the colon. Crohn disease is an IBD that affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. Signs and symptoms: Diarrhea
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