Q fever ( coxiellosis )
* Due to an intracellular bacteria (macrophages) Coxiella burnetii.
* This is a ubiquitous zoonosis; human contamination is mainly by domestic animals (sheep, goats, cattle)...
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Arginine: protective amino acid
Arginine is a protective amino acid for several reasons:
Role on energetics because arginine:
Is the precursor of creatine, energy support, because once phosphorylated...
Leucine – Isoleucine – Valine: branched amino acids
These branched amino acids dominate in the composition of muscle fibers. Their penetration into the muscle is promoted by insulin. They are necessary for...
HOUSE DESIGN
TECH AND GADGETS
Amniocentesis
Indications:
The goal is to repeat, by examining a large number of chromosomal abnormalities in the unborn child, if it shows malformation risk factors or...
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Vitamin K antagonist
- The VKA act through competitive inhibition of hepatic synthesis of certain clotting factors vitamin K-dependent: prothrombin (II); proconvertin (VII); factor IX; Factor X...
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
Strabismus in children
* The child has the ability to neutralize one of the two images to prevent double vision: the elimination of the phenomenon; if it...
Visual Field
Indications:
The determination of the visual field is used to diagnose glaucoma and intracranial tumors.
Principle:
It determines the field width seen by the patient making him...
Genital Herpes
* Due to the herpes simplex virus type II in genital tropism. The in utero contamination risk is rare (when primary herpetic infection).
The consequences...
Scabies
- There is a mite: sarcoptes scabei (variety hominis) mites infesting animals can not survive on the human skin.Sarcoptes is a mandatory human parasite,...
Prostate cancer screening
WHY?
According to 2000 statistics, prostate cancer is the most common male cancer (40,000 cases per year), and the second leading cause of cancer death...
HOLIDAY RECIPES
Tuberculoid Granuloma
This is the result of a specific subacute inflammation which may be caused:
- Sarcoidosis (Besnier-Boeck disease-Schaumann or BBS)
- Crohn's disease
- The reaction to foreign...
