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KEY CONCEPTS   Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in men in the United States. African American ancestry, family history, and increased age are the primary risk factors for…

Solid-Organ Transplantation Kristine S. Schonder and Heather J. Johnson   KEY CONCEPTS   A combination of two to four immunosuppressive drugs is used to target different levels of the immune…

Disorders Associated with Intellectual Disabilities Nancy C. Brahm, Jerry R. McKee, and Douglas W. Stewart   KEY CONCEPTS   Persons diagnosed with Down syndrome (DS) can be at increased risk…

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Julie A. Dopheide and Stephen R. Pliszka   KEY CONCEPTS   Untreated or ineffectively treated childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can lead to poor school performance, poor…

Pituitary Gland Disorders Joseph K. Jordan, Amy Heck Sheehan, Jack A. Yanovski, and Karim Anton Calis   KEY CONCEPTS   Pharmacologic therapy for acromegaly should be considered when surgery and…

Bone and Joint Infections Edward P. Armstrong and Ziad Shehab   KEY CONCEPTS   The most common cause of osteomyelitis (particularly that acquired by hematogenous spread) and infectious arthritis is…

Acute Coronary Syndromes Sarah A. Spinler and Simon de Denus   KEY CONCEPTS   The cause of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque with…

Anxiety Disorders II: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cynthia K. Kirkwood, Sarah T. Melton, and Barbara G. Wells   KEY CONCEPTS   The short-term goal in posttraumatic stress disorder…

Melanoma Cindy L. O’Bryant and Jamie C. Poust   KEY CONCEPTS   Cutaneous melanoma is an increasingly common malignancy, but it is a cancer that can be cured if detected…

Glomerulonephritis Alan H. Lau   KEY CONCEPTS   Glomerulonephritis is a collection of glomerular diseases mediated by different immunologic pathogenic mechanisms, resulting in varied clinical presentation and therapeutic outcomes.  …