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Ataxia-Telangiectasia (AT): common sign

AT:
Absent
Thymus
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---Anonymous Contributor

Celiac sprue gluten sensitive enteropathy: gluten-containing grains

BROW:
Barley
Rye
Oats
Wheat
· Flattened intestinal villi of celiac sprue are smooth, like an eyebrow.
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---Jack A. Pasquale, MD St. George's University, School of Medicine

Hemoglobin and myoglobin: binding strengths, sites

"ABC" of glycosylated Hb (Hb1c):
· Glucose binds to Amino terminal of Beta Chain.
"HbF binds Forcefully":
· HbF binds oxygen more forcefully than HbA, so Oxy-Hb dissociation curve shifts to left.
Stored blood is SOS:
· Stored blood Hb binds to Oxygen Strongly because of decrease in 2,3 BPG.
2,3 BPG binding site is BBC:
· BPG binds to Beta Chain of Hb.
Myoglobin binding strength is MOM:
· Myoglobin binds Oxygen More strongly than Hb.
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---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi Medical College, Horizon Medical Institute, Pakistan

Vitelline duct: closure time

VItelline duct normally closes around week VI of intrauterine life.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Hemolytic anemia types

SHEEP T!T:
Sickle cell
Heriditary splenocytosis
Enzyme deficiencies: [G6P, pyruvate kinase]
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Trauma to RBCs
Immunohemolytics: [warm Ab, cold Ag]
Thalassemias: [alpha, beta]
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

APGAR score components

APGAR:
Appearance: cyanosis--peripheral, central, none
Pulse: pulse rate
Grimace: response to stimulation
Activity: movement of the baby (muscle tone)
Respiration: respiratory rate
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---Anonymous Contributor

Argyll-Robertson Pupil features

Argyll Robertson Pupil (ARP)
Read it from front to back: it is ARP, standing for Accomodation Reflex Present.
Read it from back to front: it is PRA, standing for Pupillary Reflex Absent.
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---Anonymous Contributor

HLA-B27 associated diseases

PAIR:
Psoriasis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Inflammatory bowel disease
Reiter's syndrome
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---Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi Medical College, Horizon Medical Institute, Pakistan

Hepatitis: transmission routes

"Vowels are bowels":
Hepatitis A and E transmitted by fecal-oral route.
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---F.G. Madbak University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Rheumatic fever: Revised Jones criteria

JONES PEACE:
· Major criteria:
Joints: migratory
O (heart shaped) Carditis: new onset murmur
Nodules, subcutaneous: extensor surfaces
Erythema marginatum
Sydenham's chorea
· Minor criteria:
PR interval, prolonged
ESR elevated
Arthralgias
CRP elevated
Elevated temperature (fever)
· Need 2 major or 1 major and 2 minor criteria, plus evidence of recent GAS infection (throat cx, rapid antigen test, or rising strep antibody titer).
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---Vince Yamashiroya