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'''Incorrect'''-The patient already adheres to his strict diet schedule, which will include avoidance of late night eating. +
'''Incorrect'''-Sensorineural hearing loss is generally due to fractures or trauma to the inner ear. +
'''Incorrect'''-Angiography is not a sensitive method for demonstrating injury to the intestinal wall. +
'''Incorrect'''-Blood culture is not useful as the patients temperature is normal and septic shock is not suspected. +
ADH acts only on the collecting tubules in the kidneys. It does not affect water reabsorption in the proximal tubules. Additionally, aquaporins are not found in the proximal tubules. +
Glucocorticoids cause a decrease in circulating eosinophils and decreases eosinophil production. +
Thyroid hormones increase cardiac function by increasing contractility, stroke volume, heart rate and subsequently cardiac output. +
Trinucleotide repeats is not associated with nephroblastoma. Huntington's disease (CAG repeats), myotonic dystrophy (CTG repeats), Fragile X syndrome (GAA repeats), and Friedreich ataxia (GAA repeats) are caused by trinucleotide repeats. +
Galactitol accumulation is due to the deficiency or the absence of the enzyme galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase, which causes galactosemia. Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with failure to thrive, jaundice, hepatomegaly, infantile cataracts, and mental retardation. +
Justice is a principle of medical ethics that refers mostly to large-scale population medicine whereby physicians must allocate resources and healthcare access fairly among patients based on patient needs. +
Projection is an immature defense mechanism that involves taking one's own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people. For example, a man who unconsciously hates his wife thinks that his wife doesn't like him. +
''C. tetani'' produces tetanospasmin, which blocks GABA and glycine release from Renshaw cells in the spinal cord, resulting in spasticity, lockjaw, and risus sardonicus. +
Albinism, cystic fibrosis, Kartagener syndrome, sickle cell disease, and phenylketonuria are all examples of autosomal recessive disorders. +
Type VIII collagen is a less abundant type of collagen that is present in some endothelial cells, mast cells, and keratinocytes. Examples of type VIII collagen are not high yield for USMLE Step 1. +
Edema that is associated with inflammation is due to histamine-mediated increase in the permeability of venules. +
Chiari II malformation is a congenital deformity of the posterior fossa and the spine that is characterized by an elongated small cerebellum, a small posterior fossa, and a caudal shift of the brainstem due to the disproportionate and rapid development of the brain tissue in the dural posterior fossa. Unlike Chiari I malformation, Chiari II malformation usually manifests early in childhood or even during the neonatal period and is almost always associated with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus. +