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pubic lice 31, 31F
public health 8, 59, 69, 515
Pulex 31
pulmonary artery 386
pulmonary circulation 381, 381F, 412
pulmonary disease 232, 253
pulmonary edema 142, 232, 332, 396, 399
pulmonary embolism 232, 392, 409, 411
pulmonary hemorrhage 113
pulmonary vein 381
pulse 386, 395
purified protein derivative (PPD) 122
purine 219, 248, 493
purine analogs 150T
purine bases 219F, 291
purine nucleotide phosphorylase 103
Purkinje fibers 382
purple hearts 332
pus 54, 66M
Pwo polymerase 58
pyelonephritis 49F
pyloric sphincter 284F, 285
pylorus 284F
pyogenic infections 104–5, 107
pyorrhea 47
pyrantel 64
pyrazinamide 63, 66
pyridoxal 247
pyridoxamine 247
pyridoxine 247
pyrimethamine 359
pyrimidine 248, 291, 493
pyruvate 295, 330M
pyruvate carboxylase 251
pyruvate decarboxylase 248
pyruvate dehydrogenase 338
Q
QT interval 389
Quadruple test 443B
quality assurance 19
quality control samples 19
Queen Victoria 372B, 372F, 373F
quinidine 32B
quinine 32B
quiniolones 62
quinupristin 63
quinupristin-dalfopristin 62–3, 66
R
rabies 31, 44
radial immunodiffusion (RID) 84B, 84F, 110
radiation 7, 522
radiation therapy 152, 493, 497, 502, 503,
507, 508
external beam therapy 497
internal therapy 497
radioallergosorbent test (RAST) 121, 309
radiographic examinations 9, 391
radioimmunoassay (RIA) 85B, 488
radioiodine therapy 176, 497, 504
radiotherapy 172, 492, 497, 500
radon 498, 499
ragweed 120
ranitidine 287B
Raph 132T
RAR gene 436B
RAS 478, 506
RB 479
reaction times 517
reactive oxygen intermediates 107
re-audit 20
receptor-mediated signal transduction
pathways 36
receptors 162
recirculation
lymphocytes 86
recombinant DNA techniques 59, 371, 442
recombinant vaccine 60
recombination 419
recommended daily amount (RDA) 240
rectum 47F, 54, 278F, 295, 306, 502
red-green color blindness 424, 424T
redistribution of adipose tissue 183
redox proteins 251
reduced sodium diet 65B
reference nutrient intake (RNI) 241
reference range 10, 13F, 16–18,
reflux esophagitis 305
Refsum’s disease 461, 462
regulation of blood glucose 177
regurgitation
mitral valve 399
rehydration 272
clinical features 208T
Reiter’s syndrome 33
rejection 145–6
rejection, acute 146
relapse 5
remission 5
renal artery 205
renal calculi 207
renal cancer 497
renal cell carcinoma 482T
renal disease 13, 116
chronic renal disease 169, 207, 208, 219
renal failure 4, 13, 203, 212, 231–2, 333, 335,
392, 527,
acute 206–7, 219, 231
renal function 54
renal function tests 203, 206
renal tubular epithelium 292B
renal vein 205
renin 183, 187
ReoPro 401
replacement therapy 104
replication 62
replication cycle 60
repolarization 389
reproduction 157
reproductive hormones 188
reproductive system 164
resection 506
reservoirs of disease 38
resistance 25, 61, 69
respiratory acid–base disorder 230
respiratory alkalosis 325
respiratory disease 454
respiratory distress 154C
respiratory failure 334
respiratory infection 59
respiratory system 44restricted enzyme activities 56
restriction endonuclease 442–3
retardation, mental 107–8, 426–7, 430, 434,
438, 440
retardation, physical 438
retching 286B
reticulocytes 346, 348B, 357
reticulocytosis 362
reticuloendothelial 281
retina 518
retinal 248, 436B
retinal cells 249
retinaldehyde 248–9
retinitis pigmentosa 462
retinoblastoma 476
retinoblastoma susceptibility gene 479
retinoic acid 248
retinoic acid receptor (RAR) 436B
retinoids 436B, 436F
retinol 248, 248F, 263F
retinol-binding protein 262
retinopathy 5, 180, 411
retrograde axonal transport 36
retrovirus 50B, 486
reverse T3 (rT3) 175F
reverse transcriptase 50B, 459M, 486
reversion 59
Rh blood group system 135–7, 135T, 137M
rhesus monkey 135, 527
rheumatic fever 394, 394B, 399
rheumatic heart disease 379
rheumatoid arthritis 75, 111T, 115–6, 115F,
115T, 243, 326, 453
rhinitis 45F
rhinovirus 45
riboflavin 246, 259, 291
ribose 291, 417
ribosomes 417, 463
rice, polished 259
ricin 497
rickets 263F
Rickettsia typhi 34
rifamicin 62
rifampicin 62F, 66, 399B
rimantadine 61T
ringworm 30
risk factors 2
ritonavir 61, 61T, 67B
Rituxan 497
rituximab 497
river blindness 43
RNA 415, 417
RNA polymerase 62, 62F, 115, 251
Rose-Waaler test 115, 116F
rotavirus 47–8, 47F
roughage 241
rough endoplasmic reticulum 463
Rous 486
rubella 80, 95C, 143S
SA node 382, 383F
Sabouraud’s agar 55
Saccharomyces cerevisiae60, 79B
S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) 431B, 431F
safe intake 241