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Fabry's disease

Lysosomal Storage DisordersTables
Lysosomal Storage Disorders: Fabry's Disease

Face

  • aging-related changes in

  • Evaluation of the Elderly Patient: Face

  • barotrauma to

  • Barotrauma: Other Types of Barotrauma

  • congenital anomalies of

  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
    Common Craniofacial SyndromesTables

  • numbness of

  • Some Oral Symptoms and Possible CausesTables

  • pain in

  • Some Oral Symptoms and Possible CausesTables

  • sensation in

  • Approach to the Neurologic Patient: Cranial nerves

  • skin tension lines of

  • Representative minimal skin tension lines.Figures

  • transplantation of

  • Tissue Transplantation: Composite transplantation (hand, extremity, face)

  • trauma to

  • Facial Trauma
    Le Fort classification of midface fractures.Figures

  • weakness in

  • Approach to the Neurologic Patient: Cranial nerves

    Facial nerve (7th cranial nerve)

    Dental Anatomy and Development: Mouth

    Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

    Inherited Muscular Disorders: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

    Factitious disorder

    Somatoform and Factitious Disorders
    Munchausen Syndrome

    Factitious fever

    Some Causes of FUOTables

    Factor

    see Coagulation factors

    Factor B deficiency

    Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Tables

    Factor D deficiency

    Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Tables

    Factor H deficiency

    Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Tables

    Factor I deficiency

    Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Tables

    Fad diet

    Undernutrition: Fad diets

    Fagan nomogram

    Testing: Odds-likelihood nomogram
    Fagan nomogram.Figures
    Fagan nomogram used to determine need to test.Figures

    Faget's sign

    Yellow Fever: Symptoms and Signs

    Fahrenheit temperature scale

    Centigrade–Fahrenheit Equivalents*Tables

    Failure to thrive

    Failure to Thrive (FTT)
    Some Causes of Organic Failure to ThriveTables
    Essentials of the History for Failure to ThriveTables

    Fainting

    see also Syncope
    Syncope
    Some Causes of SyncopeTables
    Some Drug Causes of SyncopeTables

    Fallopian tubes

  • abscess of

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Complications
    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Treatment

  • cancer of

  • Fallopian Tube Cancer

  • dysfunction of

  • Tubal Dysfunction and Pelvic Lesions

  • inflammation of

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Acute salpingitis
    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Complications

  • intrauterine device and

  • Contraception: Adverse effects

  • ligation of

  • Sterilization: Tubal ligation

  • torsion of

  • Benign Gynecologic Lesions

  • tuberculosis of

  • Tuberculosis (TB): Genitourinary TB

    Fallot

  • tetralogy of

  • Tetralogy of Fallot
    Tetralogy of Fallot.Figures

    Falls

  • drugs and

  • Drug-Disease Interactions in the ElderlyTables

  • in elderly

  • Falls in the Elderly
    Some Disorders That Contribute to Risk of FallsTables
    Some Drugs That Contribute to Risk of FallsTables
    Home Assessment Checklist for Hazards That Increase Risk of FallingTables

  • exercise prevention of

  • Exercise: Balance training
    Exercise in the Elderly: Exercise program

  • hospitalization and

  • Hospital Care and the Elderly: Falls

  • prevention of

  • Screening Recommendations For Elderly PatientsTables
    Falls in the Elderly: Prevention

    Famciclovir

    Drugs Used to Treat Herpesvirus InfectionsTables

  • in chickenpox

  • Chickenpox: Treatment

  • in erythema multiforme

  • Erythema Multiforme: Treatment

  • in herpes simplex virus infection

  • Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infections: Treatment

    Familial

    see also Genes; Genetic disorders

    Familial adenomatous polyposis

    Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
    Cellular and Molecular Basis of Cancer: Other influences

    Familial dysautonomia

    Genetic Screening for Some Ethnic GroupsTables

    Familial Hibernian fever

    TNF Receptor–Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS)

    Familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia

    Dyslipidemia: Elevated High-Density Lipoprotein Levels

    Familial hypercholesterolemia

    Genetic (Primary) DyslipidemiasTables
    Dyslipidemia: Symptoms and Signs
    Dyslipidemia: Elevated LDL cholesterol

    Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

    Hypercalcemia: Pathophysiology
    Hypercalcemia: FHH
    Laboratory and Clinical Findings in Some Disorders Causing HypercalcemiaTables
    Hypercalcemia: FHH

    Familial Mediterranean fever

    Familial Mediterranean Fever

    Familial periodic paralysis

    Hypokalemia: Intracellular shift
    Familial Periodic Paralysis

    Family caregiving

    Family Caregiving for the Elderly

    Family planning

    Family Planning
    Comparison of Common Contraceptive MethodsTables
    Contraindications to Combination Oral Contraceptive UseTables
    Some Risks and Benefits of Combination Oral ContraceptivesTables
    Natural family planning methods.Figures

    Family relationships

  • childhood illness and

  • Pediatric Cancers

    Famine fever

    Relapsing Fever

    Famotidine

    Some Oral Drugs for DyspepsiaTables
    Drug Treatment of Gastric Acidity: H2 blockers

    Famphur poisoning

    Symptoms and Treatment of Specific Poisons Tables

    Fanconi-Bickel syndrome

    Glycogen Storage Diseases and Disorders of GluconeogenesisTables
    Carbohydrate Metabolism Disorders: Glycogen Storage Diseases

    Fanconi's anemia

    Aplastic Anemia: Etiology
    Perinatal Hematologic Disorders: Decreased RBC production

    Fanconi syndrome

    Fanconi Syndrome

    Farber's disease

    Lysosomal Storage DisordersTables

    Farmer's lung

    Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Etiology
    Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

    Farsightedness (hyperopia)

    Errors of refraction. Figures
    Refractive Error

  • surgery for

  • Refractive Surgery

    Fosamprenavir

  • in children

  • Dosage and Administration of Antiretroviral Drugs for Childrena Tables

    Fascicular block

    Bundle Branch and Fascicular Block

    Fasciculations

    Approach to the Neurologic Patient: Motor system

  • endotracheal intubation and

  • Airway Establishment and Control: Pretreatment

    Fasciitis

  • eosinophilic

  • Eosinophilic Fasciitis (EF)

  • necrotizing

  • Necrotizing Subcutaneous Infection
    Streptococcal Infections: Diseases Caused by Streptococci
    Streptococcal Infections: Skin infection

    Fascioliasis

    Selected Diseases or Organisms Associated With Liver InflammationTables
    Fascioliasis

    Fasciolopsiasis

    Fasciolopsiasis

    Fasciosis (fasciitis)

  • plantar

  • Disorders Associated With Heel Pain According to LocationTables
    Plantar Fasciosis

    Fat

    see also Lipoprotein(s)
    see also Triglycerides

  • body

  • age-related increase in

  • Undernutrition: Old age

  • antiretroviral effects on

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Adverse effects

  • brown

  • Hypothermia in Neonates: Pathophysiology

  • in children

  • Physical Growth of Infants and Children: Body Composition
    Changes in body proportions of body composition with growth and aging. Figures

  • distribution of

  • Nutrition in Clinical Medicine: Evaluation of Nutritional Status

  • excess

  • see Obesity

  • measurement of

  • Undernutrition: Physical examination
    Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Body composition analysis

  • in metabolic syndrome

  • Metabolic Syndrome

  • dietary

  • Nutrition: General Considerations: Fats
    Nutritional Requirements

  • in atherosclerosis

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet

  • digestion of

  • Malabsorption Syndromes: Fats

  • emulsion formulation of

  • Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN): Complications

  • malabsorption of

  • vitamin E deficiency and

  • Vitamin E: Etiology

  • fecal

  • see also Steatorrhea
    Diarrhea: Testing
    Malabsorption Syndromes: Confirming malabsorption

    Fatal insomnia

    Fatal Insomnia

    Fat embolism

    Nonthrombotic Pulmonary EmbolismSidebars

    Fatigue

    Approach to the Patient With Joint Disease: History
    Weakness: Fatigue

  • chronic

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Fatigue SyndromeTables

  • sleep apnea and

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Symptoms and Signs

    Fatty acids

  • in breast milk

  • Nutrition in Infants: Breastfeeding

  • deficiency of

  • Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency

  • in diabetic ketoacidosis

  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA): Pathophysiology

  • essential

  • Nutrition: General Considerations: Fats

  • metabolic disorders of

  • Fatty Acid and Glycerol Metabolism Disorders
    Disorders of Fatty Acid, Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid, and Glycerol MetabolismTables

  • omega-3

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Rest and nutrition
    Dyslipidemia: Elevated TGs

  • trans

  • Dyslipidemia: Secondary causes

    Fatty liver

    Fatty Liver

  • in alcoholic liver disease

  • Alcoholic Liver Disease: Pathology

  • bariatric surgery and

  • Bariatric Surgery: Preoperative Evaluation

  • of pregnancy

  • Hepatic Disorders in Pregnancy: Cholestasis (pruritus) of pregnancy

    Fava bean poisoning

    Moderately Poisonous PlantsTables

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