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Fabry's disease

Lysosomal Storage Disorders: Fabry's Disease

Face

  • barotrauma to

  • Barotrauma: Mask barotrauma (mask squeeze)

  • congenital anomalies of

  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
    Common Craniofacial SyndromesTables

  • numbness of

  • Approach to the Dental Patient: History

  • sensation in

  • Approach to the Neurologic Patient: Cranial nerves

  • skin tension lines of

  • Representative skin tension lines.Figures

  • 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)

    see also Cranial nerves, 7th (facial)
    Approach to the Patient With Nasal, Oral, and Pharyngeal Symptoms: Mouth
    Cranial NervesTables
    Hemifacial Spasm
    Bell's Palsy

    Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

    Muscular Dystrophies: Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

    Factitious disorder

    Somatoform and Factitious Disorders
    Munchausen Syndrome

    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

    Faget's sign

    Yellow Fever: Symptoms and Signs

    Fahrenheit temperature scale

    Centigrade–Fahrenheit Equivalents*Tables

    Failure to thrive

    Miscellaneous Disorders in Infants and Children
    Some Causes of Organic Failure to ThriveTables
    Essentials of the History for Failure to ThriveTables

    Fainting

    see also Syncope
    Syncope

    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

  • Adnexal Torsion

  • tuberculosis of

  • Tuberculosis (TB): Genitourinary TB

    Fallot

  • tetralogy of

  • Tetralogy of Fallot
    In tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary blood flow is decreased, the RV is hypertrophied, and unoxygenated blood enters the AO. Figures

    Falls

  • drugs and

  • Drug-Disease Interactions in the Elderly Tables

  • exercise prevention of

  • Exercise: Balance training

    Famciclovir

    Herpesviruses: Famciclovir

  • in chickenpox

  • Chickenpox: Prognosis and Treatment

  • in erythema multiforme

  • Erythema Multiforme: Treatment and Prognosis

  • in herpes simplex virus infection

  • Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infections: Treatment

    Familial

    see also Genes; Genetic disorders

    Familial adenomatous polyposis

    Polyps of the Colon and Rectum: 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

    Familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia

    Dyslipidemia: Elevated High-Density Lipoprotein Levels

    Familial hypercholesterolemia

    Genetic (Primary) Disorders of Lipid MetabolismTables
    Dyslipidemia: Symptoms and Signs
    Dyslipidemia: Elevated LDLs

    Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

    Disorders of Calcium Concentration: Etiology and Pathophysiology
    Disorders of Calcium Concentration: Diagnosis
    Disorders of Calcium Concentration: Treatment

    Familial Mediterranean fever

    Familial Mediterranean Fever

    Familial periodic paralysis

    Disorders of Potassium Concentration: Intracellular shift
    Disorders of Potassium Concentration: Etiology and Pathophysiology

    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

    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

    Carbohydrate Metabolism Disorders: Glycogen Storage Diseases

    Fanconi's anemia

    Aplastic Anemia: Etiology
    Perinatal Anemia: Decreased RBC production

    Fanconi syndrome

    Tetracyclines: Toxicity
    Fanconi Syndrome

    Fantasy

    Coping MechanismsTables

    Farmer's lung

    Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Etiology
    Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

    Farsightedness (hyperopia)

    Errors of Refraction. Figures
    Refractive Error

  • surgery for

  • Refractive Surgery

    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 and Enterococcal Infections: Streptococcal Diseases
    Streptococcal and Enterococcal 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 Lipoproteins
    see also Triglycerides

  • body

  • age-related increase in

  • Undernutrition: Old age

  • antiretroviral effects on

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Adverse effects

  • brown

  • Hypothermia: Etiology and Pathophysiology

  • in children

  • Physical Growth: 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

    Prion Diseases: Fatal Insomnia

    Fat embolism

    Nonthrombotic Pulmonary EmbolismSidebars
    Oxygen Desaturation: Oxygenation

    Fatigue

    Approach to the Patient With Joint Disease: History

  • 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: 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

  • omega-3

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

  • trans

  • Dyslipidemia: Classification and Etiology

    Fatty liver

    Fatty Liver
    The Asymptomatic Patient With Abnormal Laboratory Test Results

  • in alcoholic liver disease

  • Alcoholic Liver Disease: Pathology

  • of pregnancy

  • Hepatic Disorders in Pregnancy: Fatty liver of pregnancy

    Fava bean poisoning

    Moderately Poisonous PlantsTables

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