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Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Primary biliary cirrhosis ... La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... Associations #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology ... #antibodies
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Diagnosis of ... , chronic kidney ... , chronic kidney ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Medications #Table
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... hypofunction • Antibodies ... primary biliary cirrhosis ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... for Blastomyces antibodies ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis ... for Coccidioides antibodies
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
pulmonary disorder of chronic ... triad of: 1) chronic ... • Stigmata of cirrhosis ... #cirrhosis #diagnosis ... #hepatology