diabetes insipidus 122, 123
dysuria 186
endocrine system 103
enuresis 187
kidneys 201
ureter 221
urethra 221
urinary system 172
vesicoureteral reflux 229
urolithiasis 227–228
cystitis 184
ESWL 189
hypercalciuria 196
hyperoxaluria 197
urinary system 173
vesicoureteral reflux 229
US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) 245, 246
US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) 264
uterine fibroids 277, 338, 349–350
uterine prolapse 338, 350–351
uterus 351, 351 t
D&C 268
DUB 268
endometrial hyperplasia 275
endometriosis 276
hysteroscopy 292
pregnancy 322
progesterone 156
semen 337
sperm 342
tubal ligation 347
uterine fibroids 349
uterine prolapse 350
UTI. Seeurinary tract infectionV
VACTERL 352
vagina 352–353, 353 t
Bartholin’s cyst 248
pelvic examination 316
rectal fistula 86
rectocele 87
semen 337
uterine prolapse 350
vaginal birth 261, 355
vaginal birth after cesarean. See
VBAC
vaginitis 248, 353
vagus nerve 52, 94
Valium (diazepam) 359
valproic acid (valporate) 367, 377,
386
varicocele 346, 353–354
vas deferens 222, 277, 343, 346,
354, 354
vasectomy 281, 337, 354, 354–355
vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
35
VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)
261, 262, 355
vermiform appendix. Seeappendix
vesicoureteral reflux 182, 186, 195,
196, 207, 229–230, 229 t
Viagra (sildenafil) 279
Victoria (queen of England) 238
villi 4, 89VIP (vasoactive intestinal peptide)
35
visualization 373, 385
vitamin D 141, 172
vitamins and health 143, 285
vomiting 13, 33, 52, 93–94, 305
vulva 188, 316
vulvodynia 355–356W
watchful waiting 107, 127, 285
Whipple’s disease 89, 94
WHO (World Health Organization)
288
Wilms’s tumor 215, 231–232,
231 t
Wilson’s disease 134, 167–168,
168 t
World Health Organization (WHO)
288Y
yoga 66, 372Z
Zelnorm (tegaserod) 65–66
ziprasidone 367, 377
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome 94–95,
152
zona fasciculata 108, 109
zona glomerulosa 108, 109
zygote 271, 272, 356
zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)
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