About the book
Great for course review and the USMLE Step 1, PreTest asks the right questions so you’ll know the right answers. You’ll find 500 clinical-vignette style questions and answers along with complete explanations of correct and incorrect answers. The content has been reviewed by students who recently passed their exams, so you know you are studying the most relevant and up-to-date material possible. No other study guide targets what you really need to know in order to pass like PreTest!
Content that covers all the must-know topics:
High Yield Facts, Storage and Expression of Genetic Information, DNA Structure, Replication and Repair, Gene Expression and Regulation, Acid-Base Equilibria, Amino Acids, Protein Structure, Protein Structure/Function, Intermediary Metabolism, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Bioenergetics adn Energy Metabolism, Lipid, Amino Acid and Nucleotide Metabolism, Nutrition, Vitamins and Minerals, Hormones and Integrated Metabolism, Inheritance Mechanisms and Biochemical Genetics, Inheritance Mechanisms/Risk Calculations,Genetic and Biochemical Diagnosis
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
Note Concerning Disease Examples
Abbreviations
High Yield Facts
DNA Structure, Replication, and Repair
Gene Expression and Regulation
Acid-Base Equilibria, Amino Acids, and Protein Structure
Protein Structure/Function
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Bioenergetics and Energy Metabolism
Lipid, Amino Acid, and Nucleotide Metabolism
Vitamins and Minerals
Hormones and Integrated Metabolism
Inheritance Mechanisms/Risk Calculations
Genetic and Biochemical Diagnosis
Appendix: Metabolic-Genetics Disorders Included as Examples in Questions
Bibliography
Index