... state of hyperlipidemia
may accelerate atherosclerosis as well as the progression of further renal disease.
Patients often present with a hypercoagulable state due to increased urinary loss of
antithrombin ... administration of 25 g of
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portion of the foreleg. A lesion of the L5 root would result in weakness of knee flexion,
dorsiflexion of the ankle and great toe, and weakness of inversion and eversion of the foot.
Sensory ... are not useful in an evaluation of
myasthenia gravis, because myasthenia is not a disease of muscle or nerve. (Electron
microscopy of muscle can show unfolding of the postsy...
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Chemistry of
Materials,
Journal of The Electrochemical Society,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,
Applied Materials &
Interfaces,
Chemistry of Materials,
Journal of Power Sources,
Electrochemical ...
resonance Raman spectrograph of State Key Laboratory of Catalysis (Dalian institute of
Chemical Physics) at a resolution of 2 cm
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. The laser line at 325 nm...
... rep-
resents a decline of about one-third from the early
1970’s. The rate of decline has leveled off from the
late 1980’s but is projected to continue because of op-
position to the use of asbestos in ... bodies of all sorts of marine crea-
tures. An estimated 40,000 metric tons of arsenic are
added to the world’s oceans annually byweatheringof
rocks, as compared with world indu...
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versity of Iowa. Previously, the Institute had published forecasts of general economic
conditions and had produced tax revenue forecasts for internal use of the state’s De-
partment of Management ... deletion of
coefficients, which is a crude from of shrinkage. In comparison with Shoesmith (1995),
Villani (2001) has the further advantage of having used a full Monte Carlo s...
... of competence in internal medicine.
Study of this self-assessment and review book should help
to (1) identify areas of relative weakness; (2) confirm areas
of expertise; (3) assess knowledge of ... representative of the major areas covered in Harrison’s
Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th ed., and (2) parallel
the format and degree of difficulty of the questions on the
e...
... majority
of patients with APML. The mechanism of action of this drug appears to be induction of
differentiation of the malignant clone. As such, patients enter remission slowly over a
period of 30 ... gait. MRI reveals
atrophy of both lobes of the cerebellum. Serologic eval-
uation reveals the presence of anti-Yo antibody. Which of
the following is the most likely cause o...