Molecular diagnostic methods US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Molecular diagnostic methods Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: _____ is a laboratory technique used to assess size, granularity, and protein expression of individual cells in a sample
Answer: Flow cytometry
Flashcard 2: A _____ is detected with FISH as no fluorescence on a chromosome compared to fluorescence at the same locus on the second copy of that chromosome
Answer: microdeletion
Flashcard 3: What laboratory technique is useful in determining CD4 cell count in HIV patients? _____
Answer: Flow cytometry
Flashcard 4: What RBC pathology is characterized by the following Hb electrophoresis findings:55% HbA, 43% HbS, and 2% HbA2 _____
Answer: Sickle cell trait
Flashcard 5: Is Sturge-Weber syndrome inherited or sporadic? _____
Answer: Sporadic (somatic mosaicism)
Flashcard 6: fat necrosis (breast)
Answer: fat necrosis and saponification following trauma (often mild or unremarkable trauma)
Extra: painless breast lump
Flashcard 7: The subtypes of fibrocystic disease of the breast are _____, _____, _____, and _____.
Answer: fibrosis
Flashcard 8: aplasia (organogenesis)
Answer: absent organ despite present primordial tissue
Flashcard 9: death
Answer: prolonged nutrient depletion and waste build-up leads to death
Extra: D
Flashcard 10: How do Duchenne's and Becker's muscular dystrophies differ genetically?
Answer: DMD is a frameshift mutation effectively deleting the gene. BMD is a partial loss of function mutation.
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