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Week 1: Energy and Organic Matter Balance-Obesity
Obesity and fuel composition,
Rq and fq and obesity,
Absorptive state characteristics
16
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Week 1: Endocrine Pancreas and enteroendocrine cells
Embryology of pancreas,
Endocrine pancreas structure,
Principal cell types of islet
10
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Week 1: Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus
Normal regulation of blood sugar,
Regulation of insulin secretion o...,
Insulin signaling and stimulation...
18
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Week 1: Acute Complications of Diabetes
Diagnostic features of diabetic k...,
Pathophysiology of hyperglycemia,
Normal regulation of ketone and f...
13
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Week 1: Chronic complications of Diabetes Mellitus
Chronic complications of dm and i...,
Etiology of chronic complications...,
Possible mechanisms of chronic co...
19
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Week 1: Hypoglycemia
Normal serum glucose values hypog...,
Definition of severe hypoglycemia,
Source of glucose used in fasting...
12
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Week 1: Pharmacologic Rx for diabetes
Abnormal beta cell function in t2dm,
Sulfonylureas,
Meglitinides
9
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Week 1: Surgical treatment of metabolic diseases
How bariatric surgery works,
Lap band surgery,
Sleeve gastrectomy
6
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Week 1: Pathology of the pancreas-islet of langerhans
Macrovascular disease in dm patho...,
Histology of diabetic nephropathy,
Diabetic retinopathy pathology
7
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Week 2: Overview of Hypothalamic-Pit regulation & Adrenal function
Primary dysfunction,
Secondary dysfunction,
Organization of the adrenal gland
12
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Week 2: Adrenal Glands
Blood supply to adrenal gland,
Zona glomerulosa,
Zona faciculata
5
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Week 2: endocrine hypertension
Secondary forms of htn,
Licorice induced htn,
Overview of aldosterone regulatio...
14
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Week 2: Addison's disease
Etiology of adrenal insufficiency,
Actions of glucocorticoids type 1...,
Clinical features of adrenal insu...
7
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Week 2: Cushing's Syndrome
General tissue effects of glucoco...,
Etiology of cushing s syndrome,
Clinical features of cushing s di...
10
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Week 2: Pathology of Adrenals
Embryogenesis of adrenal glands,
Enzymatic defects adrenal pathology,
Waterhouse friedrichsen syndrome
11
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Week 3: Thyroid physiology and thyroid function tests
Thyroid hormone biosynthesis,
Thyroxine binding globulin tbg,
T3 and rt3
9
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Week 3: Thyroid gland Microanatomy
Cell types of thyroid gland,
Morphological changes in histolog...,
Parathyroid gland
3
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Week 3: Hyperthyroidism
Etiologies of hyperthyroidism bas...,
Metabolic adaptation to hyperthyr...,
Symptoms of hyperthyroidism
15
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Week 3: Hypothyroidism
What is the most sensitive test f...,
Etiologies of hypothyroidism,
Physiologic response to hypothyro...
9
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Week 3: Thyroid Goiter
Why does a goiter develop,
Sporadic non toxic goiter,
Pathogenesis of toxic multi nodul...
4
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Week 3: Thyroid cancer
Etiology of solitary thyroid nodule,
Evaluating a solitary thyroid nodule,
Evaluation of ultrasound of solit...
11
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Week 3: Pathology of the thyroid
Congenital anomalies of thyroid,
Diffuse goiter,
Multinodular goiter
14
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Week 3: Anterior pituitary hormones, growth hormone
Actions of prolactin and regulati...,
Regulation of lh and fsh release,
Hyper and hypoprolactinemia
8
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Week 3: Hypothalamus and pituitary micro anatomy
Pituitary gland development,
Posterior pituitary aka pars nervosa,
Pars intermedia
5
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Week 3: pituitary Tumors
Non functioning tumors pituitary ...,
Evaluation of nonfunctioning tumors,
Prolactinomas
12
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Week 4: hypopituitarism
Pituitary diseases that can cause...,
Order of loss of pituitary hormon...,
Clinical features of hypopituitarism
5
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Week 4: Pathology of the pituitary
Anatomy of the pituitary gland,
Congenital abnormalities of pitui...,
Vascular disturbances of the pitu...
12
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Week 4: Calcium and phosphate homeostasis
Circulating levels of calcium and...,
Bone physiology and metabolism,
What effects rankl and opg balance
14
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Week 4: Hypercalcemia
Causes of hypercalcemia,
Epidemiology of hypercalcemia,
Steps to evaluating hypercalcemia
15
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Week 4: Hypocalcemia
Causes of hypocalcemia,
Low serum albumin causing hypocal...,
Hypocalcemia due to chronic renal...
18
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Week 4: Metabolic Bone Disease, Osteoporosis
Define osteoporosis,
Normal bone turnover,
Concepts behind pathogenesis of o...
26
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Week 4: Thyroid and Parathyroid surgery
Risks of total thyroidectomy,
Removing thyroid cancer
2
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Week 4: pathology of parathyroid glands
Normal parathyroid glands,
Cell types of parathyroid glands,
Genesis of parathyroid glands
14
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