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DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1096 Posts: 3,515	07/21/07 - 04:28 PM             #1 answer and explain please. Attached Files: 1.22.JPG (100 KB, 94 downloads) ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
cirus Forum Guru Topics: 108 Posts: 740	07/21/07 - 05:22 PM             #2 This is an immune disease & only 2 of them have an absent thymic shadow--> 1. Digoerge synd ( T cell Def) 2. SCID so the ans is Adenosine deaminase def (AR type of SCID) both of them may present with life threatning pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1096 Posts: 3,515	07/21/07 - 09:05 PM             #3 I was thinking DiGeorge's Syndrome also Answer: F. ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
robin082006 Forum Hero Topics: 471 Posts: 5,123	07/21/07 - 10:02 PM             #4 F ___________________ The Key to Succeed is Patience.
dr in trouble Forum Guru Topics: 62 Posts: 602	07/22/07 - 12:17 AM             #5 yes it shud be F ___________________ If u want to do something, do it today as there is no tomorrow.
cirus Forum Guru Topics: 108 Posts: 740	07/22/07 - 03:34 AM             #6 why digeorge & not SCID, isn't alk phosphatase here increased ???
khorshid Forum Guru Topics: 32 Posts: 591	07/22/07 - 08:28 AM             #7 Hypocalcemia cirus is the clue.
cirus Forum Guru Topics: 108 Posts: 740	07/22/07 - 03:27 PM             #8 khorshid wrote: Hypocalcemia cirus is the clue. So u mean that both SCID & Di goerge don't have thymus but only di goerge has hypocalcemia??
DrVirgo Forum Hero Topics: 1096 Posts: 3,515	07/23/07 - 09:03 AM             #9 Di Georges has absent thymus AND Parathyroids. SCID has absent immune system - I believe the DO have Parathyroids though which are responsible for Calcium. ___________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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