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Nick's created (for better or worse)

Arenaviridae
Found in hamsters
Found in house mice
Aseptic Meningitis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
sun
segmented genome
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Baclofen
Muscle Relaxant
GABA receptor agonist
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Goodpasture
Linear deposit of Ig
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Pulmonary hypertension
Mean pulmonary artery pressure 25mmHg
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Polycystic Kidney Disease
Autosomal Recessive
Autosomal Dominant
Berry aneurysm
Hepatic Cysts
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)
Mutation in APKD 1 & 2
Hypertension
Flank pain
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Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease
Autosomal Dominant
Cysts in the medulla collecting duct
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Minimal Change Disease
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Children
Cytokine effacement of Podocytes
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Renal Cell Carcinoma
pathology
Originates from Proximal Convoluted Tubule
Clear cells on microscopic exam
Gross pathology reveals a yellow/golden mass
Risk factors
Smoking
Von Hippel Lindau
Clinical Presentation
Triad of Hematuria, palpable mass, and flank pain
Left sided varicocele
Paraneoplast syndrome
Elevated Hematocrit 
Most commonly metastasizes to lungs
treatment
Surgery for localized RCC
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Urothelial (Transitional cell) Carcinoma
Most common type of lower urinary tract cancer
Seen in older adults and associate w/ smoking
Long term Cyclophosphamide & Phenacetin use are risk factors
Flat type associated w/ early p53 mutation
Papillary type isn't associated w/ early p53 mutations
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Nephritic vs Nephrotic protein
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Endocarditis treatment
vancomyocin
Gentomyocin
Surgical removal if non-responsive to antibiotics
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Treatment Myocarditis
NSAIDS
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Alagille Syndrome
5 Major Clinical Features
Chronic Cholestasis
Stenosis of Pulmonary Artery
Butterfly Vertebral Arch Defect
Eye defects
Peculiar Hypertelic Facies
Inheritance Pattern
Autosomal Dominant
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hepatic adenoma
Benign
Oral Contraceptive
Steroids
Hemorrhage
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Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis
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gardner's syndrome
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Triple Therapy PUD
Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)
Clarithromycin
Amoxicillin
Metronidazole
Peptic Ulcer Disease
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Pendred
Hypothyroidism
Deafness
Loss of Pendrin protein
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Reidel's Thyroditis
Hypothyroidism
Tracheal obstruction
Fibrosis of the thyroid
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Rathke Cleft Cyst
Diabetes insipidus
Lined w/ ciliated cubodial epithelium
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