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Nephrotic syndrome can occur as a complication in all three conditions listed: diabetes mellitus, amyloidosis, and systemic lupus erythematosus. These diseases can cause damage to the glomerular basement membrane and lead to loss of proteins in the urine.

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Epidemiological surveys typically involve a cross-sectional or longitudinal approach (2) and often use dental indices (3) for data collection. Clinical trials generally involve control/experimental groups and smaller controlled samples.

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The vagus nerve is involved in the parasympathetic control of various visceral organs, but not the eye. The oculomotor nerve (CN III) innervates the pupillary sphincter and ciliary muscle for pupil constriction and accommodation, which are parasympathetic functions.

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The drug of choice in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is Catrimoxazole

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The following features may raise the suspicion of TB: persistent cough, spontaneous pneumothorax, and haemoptysis

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Pulpectomy is the complete removal of the pulp tissue from the pulp chamber and root canals of a tooth. This procedure is the standard treatment for irreversible pulpitis, as the inflamed and infected pulp cannot heal and must be entirely removed to save the tooth and prevent further infection.

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Hemophilia A is a congenital defect due to various abnormalities of the gene on the X chromosome that codes for factor VIII, leading to a hemorrhagic diathesis. Hageman trait is also congenital but does not directly cause a bleeding disorder.

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Uric acid is a purine derivative, increased by purine salvage reactions that convert purines, purine ribonucleosides, and purine deoxyribonucleoside to mononucleotides (incorrect answer 4).
 
Such salvage reactions require much less energy than de novo synthesis (incorrect answers 1, 2). The liver is the major site of purine nucleotide biosynthesis and provides excess purines for other tissues that cannot synthesize purines. 

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Passavant's ridge is formed by fibers of the palatopharyngeus muscle and the superior constrictor. [Image of the pharyngeal muscles]