The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease @TheCalgaryGuide
1.1M 411 160
Account created for The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease - Linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation - http://calgaryguide.ucalgary.ca/
Contributor Ranks
Latest Searches
7 results
pituitary peds 21hydroxylasedeficiency 21ohd genetics gh glaucoma glftap growthhormone keratoconus macroadenoma masseffects mnemonic prematurity prolactin retinopathy secondary sideeffects
Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL) • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation • TRH has
Loop: Prolactin (PRL ... ) • PRL levels ... stimulatory effect on PRL ... #FeedbackLoop # ... endocrinology #pathophysiology
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH) Growth Hormone: • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
GrowthHormone #GH #FeedbackLoop ... #endocrinology ... #pathophysiology
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
FSH, TSH, ACTH, PRL ... #SideEffects #endocrinology ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
#21HydroxylaseDeficiency #21OHD #pathophysiology ... #genetics #endocrinology ... #peds #pediatrics
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Genetics • Family history of keratoconus • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome • Down, Turner,
inhibitors • Incr Pro-inflammatory ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Retinopathy of Prematurity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Increased metabolic demand of growing eye -> Excessive VEGF production ->
Prematurity #peds #pediatrics ... #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Secondary Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Open-Angle Secondary Glaucoma: • Pre-trabecular defect -> Aqueous outflow is obstructed
Glaucoma: • Pre-trabecular ... Secondary #Glaucoma #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
empty