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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... • Thiamine B1 ... #differential # ... diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... restricted diet/deficiency ... symptoms even if ... fatigue despite disease ... IBD #Algorithm #diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
) Deficiency Etiology ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... to IBD, celiac disease ... to manifest its symptoms ... , alcohol use, symptoms
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... • Pernicious anemia ... /B12 deficiency ... mineralization Symptoms ... respiratory failure • Neurologic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... oral ulcers in 12 ... ) Differential Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... systemic complaints- anemia ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Diagnosis Framework ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #neurology #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... presentations and disease ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... Nonhypoxic • Type B1
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
exposure to or symptoms ... similar to those of B12 ... deficiency. ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis ... of Infectious Diseases
Anosmia Causes - Principal Etiologies of Olfactory Dysfunction
For olfactory disorders (and for most taste problems), the
these conditions.12 ... with memory or neurologic ... taste disorders #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... #Dysfunction #AAFP