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1. Eponymic name for trisomy 21 is:

Down syndrome
Edwards syndrome
Patau syndrome
Warkany syndrome

2. Synonymic term for pre-esophageal dysphagia is:

Neurogenic dysphagia
Paraesophageal dysphagia
Psychogenic dysphagia
Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER)

3. Typical causes of pre-esophageal dysphagia do not include:

Myasthenia gravis
Dermatomyositis
Sclerodermia
Multiple sclerosis

4. Trombophilia means:

high platelet count in blood
abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis
inborn hemorrhagic diathesis, that - contrary to hemophilia – is not caused by missing any coagulation factor, but by platelet dysfunction
inborn hemorrhagic diathesis, that - contrary to thrombophobia – is not caused by platelet dysfunction, but by their extremely low count

5. Elevation of creatin kinase (CK) typically does not accompany

Severe chest pain
Anuria
Chronic alcohol abuse
Epileptic seizures of grand-mal type

6. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) belongs to:

Functional bowel disorders
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Precanceroses
Consequences of amoebic colitis

7. Alveolar air pressure is lower than atmospheric

during the whole inhalation
just before the inhalation begins; during the inhalation the alveolar pressure equals the atmospheric pressure
only in pneumothorax
alveolar air pressure is never lower than atmospheric pressure (contrary to intrapleural pressure)

8. Eponymic name for trisomy 13 is:

Down syndrome
Edwards syndrome
Patau syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome

9. Fibrinolysis can be potentiated

by activation of fibrinogen conversion to fibrin
blocking the fibrinogen conversion to fibrin
by activation of plasminogen conversion to plasmin
blocking the plasminogen conversion to plasmin

10. Common signs of Crohn disease do not include:

Diarrhea
Pain
Constipation
p-ANCA positivity with ASCA (antibodies against S. cerevisiae) negativity