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What hormones are deficient in their release from the pituitary in pituitary dwarfism? |
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Growth Hormone TSH Prolactin Gonadotrophs |
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What is the main diagnostic test in pituitary dwarfism? |
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Disease characterized by chronic excessive growth hormone secretion? |
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Differentials for Acromegaly include other disorders that involve insulin resistance. These 4 diseases are: |
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Poorly regulated diabetes feline hyperadrenocorticism Steroid or progestin administration Severe hyperthyroidism |
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What is the main hormone involved in Diabetes Insipidus? |
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Which is a better test for canine hypothyroidism Total T4 levels or Free T4 levels? |
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Free T4 (because TT4 is more easily influenced by other factors) |
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What are the two main treatment options for a cat with hyperthyroidism? |
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Methimazole Radioactive iodine |
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Major feature of hyperparathyroidism: |
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A tumor of the adrenal medulla that causes clinical signs related to hypertension? |
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What disease shows insensitivity to ADH? |
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus |
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What differential for diabetes insipidus is characterized by the animal just wanting to drink a lot? |
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Main clinical sign for diabetes insipidus? |
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What is a major clinical sign seen in hyperadrenocorticism that differentiates it from Acromegaly? |
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The only cells that do not need insulin for glucose uptake are? |
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Red Blood Cells Brain Liver |
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