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Type IV Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Definition: Unique because it is entirely T-Cell mediated; exposure to
Type IV Hypersensitivity ... Poison ivy) #TypeIV ... #Type4 #HypersensitivityReaction ... #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology
Type I Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Definition: Production of lgE Antibodies that bind to harmless allergens
Type I Hypersensitivity ... Anaphylaxis #TypeI ... #Type1 #HypersensitivityReaction ... #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology
Type III Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Definition: Small antigen-antibody complexes (produced from normal immune response to
Type III Hypersensitivity ... Serum sickness #TypeIII ... #Type3 #HypersensitivityReaction ... #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met: 1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Anaphylaxis: Signs ... exposure to a likely allergen ... exposure to known allergen ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology ... #immunology #diagnosis
Type II Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Definition: When antigens bind to the body's cell surfaces, forming
Type II Hypersensitivity ... cell surfaces #Type2 ... #Type2 #HypersensitivityReaction ... #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology
Anaphylaxis: Pathogenesis Anaphylaxis is a Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction While the primary mechanism of anaphylaxis is mast cell
Anaphylaxis is a Type ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Anaphylaxis: Treatments (Acute) Additional Info: • IV steroids may be considered for prevention of late phase reactions.
provided, as well as allergy ... Treatments #Management #pathophysiology ... #immunology
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Signs of immunodeficiency ... humoral immunity Signs ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome Signs ... • Obesity -> Type ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Genetics • Family history of keratoconus • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome • Down, Turner,
Changes in collagen types ... > Keratoconus Signs ... Ring • Munson's sign ... • Rizutti's Sign ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology
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