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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Increase in lung cancer incidence and mortality has been observed in _____ over last four decades






2. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






3. niacin used for hyperlipidemia - What are its side effects? why do they occur? how can you prevent them?






4. What type of drug is alendronate?






5. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






6. How do you explain the selective proteinuria of loss to albumin only in MCD?






7. What is the diagnosis in a patient with bilateral upper extremity hyporeflexia and bilateral lower extremity hyperreflexia?






8. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






9. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






10. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






11. what color pigmentations are caused by malassezia furfur? when do they become more visible?






12. What is a cord factor and Which bugs have it? How do they appear on culture?






13. what dissolves the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope?






14. What is it called if psychotic symptoms last less than one month? one to six months? more than six months?






15. what hernia has a similar mechanism to hydrocele?






16. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?






17. What does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?






18. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






19. Where does vit C act in the hydroxylation of lysine residues for collagen? What is the cofactor required?






20. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






21. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






22. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






23. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






24. How do bradykinin - C3a and C5a cause edema?






25. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?






26. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






27. what marker should be followed in a patient with cirrhosis?






28. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






29. What is diagnostic (and possible therapeutic for intussusception)?






30. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






31. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






32. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






33. What is the mcc of asymmetric inflammatory arthiritis of the lower extremities in young men? what HLA association?






34. does congenital renal hypoplasia cause secondary hypertension? how about unilateral renal artery stenosis?






35. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?






36. integrin mediated adhesion of cells to ECM (and BM) involves integrin binding to what?






37. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?






38. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






39. which nucleus releases serotonin?






40. which has better side effect profile - SSRI or TCA?






41. which trisomy is associated with endocardial cushion defects? What does thsi mean>






42. What is hyaline arteriosclerosis usually a sign of ?






43. What is best to prevent GBS infection in a baby?






44. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






45. What is an abortive viral infection?






46. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






47. What does glycosylase do to DNA? endonuclease? lyase? What does the order here of enzymes represent? what other enzymes are needed?

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48. What three pathogens cause infectious esophagitis in HIV positive patients?






49. what presents congenitally as macroglossia - generalized hypotonia - and an umbilical hernia?






50. at four years of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor - and language developments?