This site was created using some questions from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine,and the MKSAP review questions, which were then embellished with images from French's Differential Diagnosis Book, Forbes & Jackson's Color Atlas & Text Of Clinical Medicine with some electrocardiography images from Marriotts Practical Electrocardiography. A few of the questions were based on personal experience. I HIGHLY recommend the above general sources to any student wanting to learn Internal Medicine. I found them to be wonderful resources. I have tried to do a literature search for most of the questions to support the correct answer. I have tried to provide as many of the references as possible for those of you who are interested in checking out the primary sources. However, given the rapidly changing face of medicine, I can not guarantee that some of this information may not be up-to-date. Please let me know if you come across something that needs to be corrected.
This site is designed to be somewhat interactive. Try to select the right answer and you will get immediate feedback. Once you have legitimately tried to answer the question a link has been attached to the .
I hope you enjoy this site and find it useful. I hope to answer some questions for you but ,more importantly, inspire to look for other answers. Your comments and suggestions are welcomed....
Good luck....and don't forget to click on the Question Number for an explanation.
This site was last updated: December 1, 1999.
If you have any questions, comments, or ideas on how to improve this site please send me email:
Mario Ruiz, M.D.
VA Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
3350 La Jolla Village Dr., 111H
San Diego, CA 92161
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