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Assignment:
Life-saving vaccines and medications are not distributed equitably around the world. More than half of those suffering from HIV/AIDS who need drug treatment are not receiving it. Only 2 percent of people with multidrug-resistant TB receive the right medications. And while children in wealthy countries are routinely immunized with vaccines that protect against childhood pneumonia and diarrhea, children in poor countries are not; for each child who dies from pneumonia in an industrialized country, more than 2,000 children die from the infection in developing countries.
1. How can cranial arteritis be diagnosed in the absence of any physical symptom or feature of the disease other than headache?
2. Do pulmonary manifestations in Behçet's syndrome present with pulmonary infiltrates in the upper zone of the lung?
3. 1. Is Behçet's disease accompanied by an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)? If so, how often?
2. Can Behçet's disease be diagnosed in a young adult with an ischaemic stroke and a history of almost weekly mouth ulcers that heal quickly, but with no other symptoms of Behçet's disease?
4. Mouth ulcers are too common to be a cardinal feature in the diagnosis of Behçet's disease. Are there any distinguishing features other than mouth ulcers that would confirm diagnosis?
5. Please explain how to diagnose familial Mediterranean fever. Is a diagnosis of exclusion still used or are there now more up-to-date tools for the diagnosis?
6. Is a leucocytoclastic reaction in a tissue biopsy specific for Henoch-Schönlein purpura or is it also associated with other problems?
7. What are the anatomical, histological and radiological differences between:
1. physis
2. metaphysis
3. epiphyseal disc
4. epiphyseal line?
8. Why does the serum alkaline phosphatase increase in bone disorders and in some other disorders?
9. What is the normal amount of calcium excreted in the urine in a 24-hour period?
10. Does hydrochlorothiazide have a prophylactic effect against osteoporosis?