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Question 1

What lab value might indicate inaccurate reporting of fetal age?

Answer 1

AFP - confirm with ultrasound

Question 2

what is the most important virulence factor in streptococcus pneumoniae?

Answer 2

its polysaccharide capsule (prevents phagocytosis by macrophages and PMNs): without it it would would become nonpathogenic

Question 3

What is the course of Fabry disease if treatment is not started?

Answer 3

kidney failure (from deposits of α-galactosidase A)

Question 4

If a patient is exposed to radioactivity, what would you want to administer?

Answer 4

potassium iodide to compete with uptake of radioactive iodide