McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Anthony S. Fauci, MDChief, Laboratory of ImmunoregulationDirector, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Health. In 2008, Dr. Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civil award. Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)William Ellery Channing Professor of MedicineProfessor of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsExecutive Dean for Academic ProgramsHarvard Medical SchoolDirector, Channing LaboratoryDepartment of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital Stephen L. Hauser, MDChairman and Betty Anker Fife ProfessorDepartment of NeurologyUniversity of California, San Francisco Dan L. Longo, MDScientific DirectorNational Institute on AgingNational Institutes of HealthBethesda, Maryland Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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• SECTION I Cardinal Manifestations of DiseaseQuestionsAnswersSECTION II Oncology and HematologyQuestionsAnswersSECTION III Infectious DiseasesQuestionsAnswersSECTION IV Disorders of the Cardiovascular SystemQuestionsAnswersSECTION V Disorders of the Respiratory System and Critical Care IllnessQuestionsAnswersSECTION VI Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary TractQuestionsAnswersSECTION VII Disorders of the Gastrointestinal SystemQuestionsAnswersSECTION VIII Rheumatology and ImmunologyQuestionsAnswersSECTION IX Endocrinology and MetabolismQuestionsAnswersSECTION X Neurologic DisordersQuestionsAnswers

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Anthony S. Fauci, MDChief, Laboratory of ImmunoregulationDirector, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Health. In 2008, Dr. Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civil award. Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)William Ellery Channing Professor of MedicineProfessor of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsExecutive Dean for Academic ProgramsHarvard Medical SchoolDirector, Channing LaboratoryDepartment of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital Stephen L. Hauser, MDChairman and Betty Anker Fife ProfessorDepartment of NeurologyUniversity of California, San Francisco Dan L. Longo, MDScientific DirectorNational Institute on AgingNational Institutes of HealthBethesda, Maryland Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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• SECTION I Cardinal Manifestations of DiseaseQuestionsAnswersSECTION II Oncology and HematologyQuestionsAnswersSECTION III Infectious DiseasesQuestionsAnswersSECTION IV Disorders of the Cardiovascular SystemQuestionsAnswersSECTION V Disorders of the Respiratory System and Critical Care IllnessQuestionsAnswersSECTION VI Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary TractQuestionsAnswersSECTION VII Disorders of the Gastrointestinal SystemQuestionsAnswersSECTION VIII Rheumatology and ImmunologyQuestionsAnswersSECTION IX Endocrinology and MetabolismQuestionsAnswersSECTION X Neurologic DisordersQuestionsAnswers

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Anthony S. Fauci, MDChief, Laboratory of ImmunoregulationDirector, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Health. In 2008, Dr. Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civil award. Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)William Ellery Channing Professor of MedicineProfessor of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsExecutive Dean for Academic ProgramsHarvard Medical SchoolDirector, Channing LaboratoryDepartment of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital Stephen L. Hauser, MDChairman and Betty Anker Fife ProfessorDepartment of NeurologyUniversity of California, San Francisco Dan L. Longo, MDScientific DirectorNational Institute on AgingNational Institutes of HealthBethesda, Maryland Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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• SECTION I Cardinal Manifestations of DiseaseQuestionsAnswersSECTION II Oncology and HematologyQuestionsAnswersSECTION III Infectious DiseasesQuestionsAnswersSECTION IV Disorders of the Cardiovascular SystemQuestionsAnswersSECTION V Disorders of the Respiratory System and Critical Care IllnessQuestionsAnswersSECTION VI Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary TractQuestionsAnswersSECTION VII Disorders of the Gastrointestinal SystemQuestionsAnswersSECTION VIII Rheumatology and ImmunologyQuestionsAnswersSECTION IX Endocrinology and MetabolismQuestionsAnswersSECTION X Neurologic DisordersQuestionsAnswers