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A 23-year-old male graduate student gets into a serious argument with one of his college professors, making a physical threat to the professor,  and necessitating a call to campus security. The argument was precipitated   by an incident between the professor and the student's girlfriend; when    the professor corrected the student's girlfriend in class, the student     felt the professor was verbally abusive. Which of the following is      the most likely diagnosis ?

Which of the following hormones is secreted by anterior pituitary cells  that stain with acidic dyes?

A 34-year-old woman is prescribed an antidepressant, which she has taken  for the past 3 months. She is on no other medications and is in generally   good health. After attending a party, at which she consumed wine and    cheese, she is rushed to the emergency room with tachycardia, headache,     and a blood pressure of 200/100. Which antidepressant is she most likely      taking?

The greater omentum is derived from which of the following embryonic structures?

A woman presents to a dermatologist because she has lost almost all the hair on her body, including scalp hair, eye brows, eye lashes, arm pit and groin hair, and the fine hairs on her body and extremities. She most likely has a variant of which of the following?

A normal, healthy, 25-year-old man lives at the beach. His twin brother has been living in a mountain cabin for the past 2 years. Which of the following indices would be expected to be higher in the man living at sea level?