Biology of Disease

INDEX

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vitamin B12 248, 261, 284, 303, 304, 359,

360F, 402

vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 245, 248, 248F,

249, 262, 270, 291, 294, 304, 519

ascorbic acid oxidase 252B

vitamin D 213, 214, 216, 217, 245, 249, 249F,

262, 270, 294, 307, 436F, 485

vitamin E 245, 249F, 304, 519, 526B

vitamin H (biotin) 248, 248F, 261–2, 261F,

268, 291

vitamin K 245, 250, 250F, 262, 264F, 301,

370, 370F, 399B

vomiting 43, 48, 179, 184, 259, 286B, 287B,

289B, 297, 302, 309, 331, 332, 334, 405,

461

vomition 286B

vomit reflex 297

von Decastelo 129

von Willebrand factor 353

VRE 67B

W

waking 160B

warfarin 264F, 264M, 370, 371, 371F, 398B,

399B

WAS gene 106

wasp sting 123C

waste products 204, 520

water 239, 244

water balance 209

water homeostasis 208

water loss 209

watery diarrhea 35, 48

watery stools 310

wear and tear theory 519

weight 396

weight gain 174

weight loss 4T, 173, 178, 184, 280B, 392

Weiner 135

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome 259, 260B,

261B

Wernicke’s encephalopathy 260B

whooping cough 45, 59, 60M

Wilm’s tumors 482T

Wilm’s tumor gene 479

Wilson’s disease 252B, 253B

winter depression 161B

Wiskott Aldridge syndrome 105, 106, 424T

antibody levels 106

eczema 106

incidence 106

infections 106

treatment 106

tumors 106

withdrawal syndrome 332

World Health Organization (WHO) 1, 28B,

44, 44M, 79B

World War 1 (WW1) 29B

worms 47

wound healing 352, 353, 517, 527

wounds 26

X

xanthine oxidase 251, 265

xanthine oxidase deficiency 221

xanthoma 404

xanthomata 412C

xanthurenic acid 269F

xenobiotics 315, 318, 516

xenogeneic 145

xenogeneic graft 146

Xenopus laevis 450

xeroderma pigmentosum 480

XG 132T

X-linked agammaglobulinemia 104, 105

X-ray 54, 280B, 297, 300B, 391, 395, 489,

499

xylene 491

xylose absorption test 308

XYY syndrome 440, 437F

Y

yeasts 26, 30, 55B, 141

Yersinia33, 34, 47F, 48

enterocolitica35, 48

pestis28B, 28F, 31

Z

zanamovir 61T

zebra body 463F

Zellweger syndrome 461

zidovudine 67B, 459M

zinc 251, 265, 294, 330

zinc finger 436F

zinc@ 2 -glycoprotein (ZAG) 488B

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome 305

zona fasciculata 183

zona glomerulosa 183, 187

zona reticularis 183

zoonoses 26, 41, 54

zygote 32B, 193, 439, 441F

zymogens 286M, 286, 288T, 353