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Decks in this class (28)

Lysosomal storage disorders
Who discovered lsds,
How many genes control lsds,
What type of diseases are lsds
119  cards
Polycystic kidney disease
What type of condition is pkd,
Pkd is the most common form of in...,
What makes pkd unique compared to...
67  cards
Muscular dystrophy
What type of muscle is skeletal m...,
How many muscles are found in the...,
What are the main functions of mu...
76  cards
Amyloidosis
What is amyloid,
Describe amyloid structure,
Why is in vivo amyloid clearance ...
37  cards
Mitochondrial Diseases
What are mitochondrial diseases,
Describe mitochondrial structure,
Are mitochondria static
86  cards
Brain cancer
What percentage of all cancers do...,
What is the average age for peak ...,
Why might the average brain tumou...
62  cards
Lung cancer
What percentage of lung cancers a...,
Why are survival rates of lung ca...,
What are the two main reasons for...
46  cards
Pancreatic cancer
What is the pancreas,
What does the pancreatic duct do,
What is pancreatic juice
74  cards
Haematopoiesis and haematological malignancies
What is haematopoiesis,
Which cells are found in the bone...,
Which process happens in the bone...
55  cards
Breast cancer
What is the most frequent cancer ...,
How common in breast cancer,
What percentage of breast cancers...
96  cards
Treatment modalities for melanoma
What is cancer immunology based on,
The most important feature of the...,
How do cancer cells escape immune...
22  cards
How autoantibodies arise in SLE
What is the prevalence of sle,
Does sle occur more in males or f...,
What mechanism prevents autoreact...
15  cards
Inherited systematic autoinflammatory conditions
What is the genetic basis behind ...,
What are the day to day symptoms ...,
What are the long term consequenc...
17  cards
TGFb as a key driver of fibrosis
What are the characteristics of s...,
What are the fibrotic changes see...,
Which internal organs are affecte...
40  cards
HIV
What are the tests for hiv,
Where are hiv tests done,
How do 3rd and 4th gen tests for ...
50  cards
Urinary tract infections
What is another name for urinary ...,
How many women are affected by ut...,
What causes utis
56  cards
Hepatitis B virus
What are the two strategies curre...,
Examples of polymerase inhibitors,
Pitfalls of polymerase inhibitors
40  cards
Hepatitis virus
Why is the hepatitis virus histor...,
What are the different types of h...,
How are the different hepatitis v...
62  cards
Neutrophils in health and disease
What are the two fathers of immun...,
What aspect of immunology was met...,
What aspect of immunology was ehr...
41  cards
Tuberculosis
What are the three big killers,
What is tb strongly associated with,
How many deaths happen per year d...
49  cards
Autoinflammatory diseases
What leads to the production of i...,
What differentiates autoimmune fr...,
What is overactive in autoinflamm...
80  cards
SLE
What type of condition is sle,
Which population does sle affect ...,
Which organs does sle affect
60  cards
Pathogenesis of RA in the young
Adult conditions cannot happen in...,
What is the name given to arthrit...,
What is the cause of jia
81  cards
Complications of diabetes
What causes the chronic impact of...,
What factors are associated with ...,
What is microvascular disease rel...
36  cards
An overview of diabetes
What is the greek original word f...,
What is the greek original word f...,
What is diabetes
40  cards
Obesity, insulin resistance and inflammation
What is the diagnostic cutoff for...,
Which conditions are linked with ...,
What percentage of children were ...
37  cards
Cardiovascular disease
What is cardiovascular disease,
What has happened to the rates of...,
What is an important molecular as...
36  cards
The microbiome of the liver
How many bacterial species do hum...,
How does the collective number of...,
How many different species of bac...
39  cards

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