Biology of Disease

INDEX

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asbestosis 8
ascites 302, 490
Ashkenazi Jews 463–4, 506
Asia 28B
aspartate transaminase (AST) 302, 405,
406B
aspergilloma 46
aspergillosis 31, 46
Aspergillus flavus 320
aspirin 143, 303, 316, 321, 325, 325F, 372,
398B, 399B, 405, 407, 524B
toxic effects 326F
ataxia 217, 262, 265, 461–2, 464
atheroma 397, 400, 404
atherosclerosis 180, 243, 262, 379, 400, 402,
407–8, 412, 517, 523, 524B
athletes 394
athlete’s foot 30
Atkins diet 257B, 257F
atopy 118M
atovaquone 64
ATP 295, 457
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) 454
ATP7A gene 253B
ATP7B gene 253B
ATPase 252B
atretic follicles 193
atrial fibrillation 393
atrioventricular node 382
atrium 380
atrophic gastritis 261, 284, 303, 303F
atypical dementias 425T
atypical pneumonia 46
autoantigen 10
autoimmune disease 6, 75, 99, 105, 110,
111, 111T, 123, 140, 164, 174, 178,
394B, 453, 517, 523, 527
autoimmune gastritis 303–4
autoimmune thyroiditis 6, 111, 111T
hemolytic anemia 75, 111T, 140
automated analyzer 10F, 234, 234F, 358F
autosomal recessive muscular
dystrophy 468T
AV node 382, 383F, 394
avidin 261
azathioprine 118, 150T
azidothymidine (AZT) 50B, 61, 61F
azithromycin 62
azoospermia 195

B
B lymphocytes 9, 9F, 86, 89, 89F, 95, 131,
131F
activation 89F
receptors 87
Bacillus Calmette Guerin 122
bacteria 6, 9, 30, 30F, 47, 55B, 59–61, 62, 63,
69, 74, 141
anaerobic 47, 55B, 64, 67B
capsules 33, 59, 79B
bacterial meningitis 44
bacterial proteases 45
bacterial toxins 310B
Bacteroides fragilis33F
band 3 470
barbiturate 321, 332, 399B

barbiturate dependence 332

barbituric acid 332, 332F

barium meal 306

Barnard 145

basal lamina 467

bases 291

basolateral membrane 286, 310B

basophil 75–7, 76F, 76T, 83, 119, 141, 191,

347F, 348

Becker’s muscular dystrophy (BMD) 424T ,

468, 468T, 469, 472

bee venom 120B

belching 305

benign pseudohypertrophic muscular

dystrophy 468

benzathine penicillin 394B

benzo[a]pyrene 320, 320F, 482, 498

benzodiazepines 332

benzoyltyrosylaminobenzoic acid

(BTPABA) 298, 298F

beriberi 259, 260B

bile 281, 288

bile canaliculi 281

bile duct 281, 288, 302

bile pigments 281

bile salt 48, 281, 402, 467

bilharzia 31

biliary obstruction 307

bilirubin 18, 136, 281, 282F, 298–9, 325, 346,

347, 359, 467, 470

bilirubinuria 301

binge eating 259

biofilms 33, 46

biological clock 160B, 521

bioluminescent labels 85B

bioprosthetic valves 146

bird flu 29B

bismuth chelate 304

bisphosphonates 216

Black Death 28B

bladder cancer 59M

blast cells 507F

blastoma 476

bleeding disorders 128, 372

bleeding time 353, 371

bloating 306

blood 10, 54, 128, 152, 225, 380, 345

agar 55

cholesterol 13

clotting 135, 192B, 242, 345, 352, 355

composition 346T

count 395

donor 135, 143

film 10, 10F

glucose 2, 181F

group 34, 127–9, 134, 421

loss 357

pressure 242, 258, 383, 386, 388B, 393,

395, 396M, 407–8, 410, 413, 517

products 128

samples 66M

smear 346F

substitute 144B, 145B

test 54

transfusion 27, 127, 301, 371, 465, 471

vessels 31

blood–brain barrier 44, 44F, 332

blood clotting

common final pathway 355

extrinsic pathway 354, 354F

intrinsic pathway 353, 354F

blunders 19

B-lymphotropic virus 42T

body mass index (BMI) 254, 254M

body water distribution 208F

bolus 284

bone

function 10

marrow 127–8, 143, 146T, 152, 152M,

347F, 348B, 357, 510

transplant 103, 107, 143, 152, 463, 465

bone resorption 212, 214F

Bordetella pertussis35, 45, 46F, 59

Borrelia burgdorferi31, 59

Botox 316M

botulinum toxin 35–6, 36F, 316M

bovine heart valve 146

bovine serum albumin 139

bowel cancer 505

Bowman’s capsule 204F, 205

brachytherapy 497, 504

bradycardia 174, 392

bradykinin 353

brain 64, 517

cortex 425F

damage 182, 394, 427, 462

ischemic stroke 408F

tumors 169, 286B, 477T

BRCA1 480, 480F, 500, 506

BRCA2 480, 500, 506

breast cancer 477T, 479M, 481B, 482T, 500,

501, 501F, 502

breastfeeding 306

breathlessness 212, 391, 395, 500, 507

breath test 304

bromocriptine 172

bronchial carcinoma 171

bronchiectasis 104

bronchitis 45F, 232, 465, 499

bronchiolitis 339

bronchodilators 232

bronchopneumonia 46, 231

bronchoscopy 490, 490F

Brucella 54, 54F

Brucella abortus 54

Brucella melitensis 54

brush border 286, 289

Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia 104

Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) 104

bubonic plague 28B

buccal cavity 278F

buffering systems 227, 236

bulbourethral gland 193

bulimia nervosa 258–9, 267

bundle of His 382

Burkitts’s lymphoma 486, 486T

burning feet syndrome 260

butyrate 364

C

C1 inhibitor (C1INH) 109–10

C1 protein 109, 140, 140F