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410 Index<br />

diabetes insipidus 122, 123<br />

dysuria 186<br />

endocrine system 103<br />

enuresis 187<br />

kidneys 201<br />

ureter 221<br />

urethra 221<br />

urinary system 172<br />

vesicoureteral reflux 229<br />

urolithiasis 227–228<br />

cystitis 184<br />

ESWL 189<br />

hypercalciuria 196<br />

hyperoxaluria 197<br />

urinary system 173<br />

vesicoureteral reflux 229<br />

US Centers for Disease Control <strong>and</strong><br />

Prevention (CDC) 245, 246<br />

US Food <strong>and</strong> Drug Administration<br />

(FDA) 264<br />

uterine fibroids 277, 338, 349–350<br />

uterine prolapse 338, 350–351<br />

uterus 351, 351t<br />

D&C 268<br />

DUB 268<br />

endometrial hyperplasia 275<br />

endometriosis 276<br />

hysteroscopy 292<br />

pregnancy 322<br />

progesterone 156<br />

semen 337<br />

sperm 342<br />

tubal ligation 347<br />

uterine fibroids 349<br />

uterine prolapse 350<br />

UTI. See urinary tract infection<br />

V<br />

VACTERL 352<br />

vagina 352–353, 353t<br />

Bartholin’s cyst 248<br />

pelvic examination 316<br />

rectal fistula 86<br />

rectocele 87<br />

semen 337<br />

uterine prolapse 350<br />

vaginal birth 261, 355<br />

vaginal birth after cesarean. See<br />

VBAC<br />

vaginitis 248, 353<br />

vagus nerve 52, 94<br />

Valium (diazepam) 359<br />

valproic acid (valporate) 367, 377,<br />

386<br />

varicocele 346, 353–354<br />

vas deferens 222, 277, 343, 346,<br />

354, 354<br />

vasectomy 281, 337, 354, 354–355<br />

vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)<br />

35<br />

VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)<br />

261, 262, 355<br />

vermiform appendix. See appendix<br />

vesicoureteral reflux 182, 186, 195,<br />

196, 207, 229–230, 229t<br />

Viagra (sildenafil) 279<br />

Victoria (queen <strong>of</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>) 238<br />

villi 4, 89<br />

VIP (vasoactive intestinal peptide)<br />

35<br />

visualization 373, 385<br />

vitamin D 141, 172<br />

vitamins <strong>and</strong> health 143, 285<br />

vomiting 13, 33, 52, 93–94, 305<br />

vulva 188, 316<br />

vulvodynia 355–356<br />

W<br />

watchful waiting 107, 127, 285<br />

Whipple’s disease 89, 94<br />

WHO (World <strong>Health</strong> Organization)<br />

288<br />

Wilms’s tumor 215, 231–232,<br />

231t<br />

Wilson’s disease 134, 167–168,<br />

168t<br />

World <strong>Health</strong> Organization (WHO)<br />

288<br />

yoga 66, 372<br />

Y<br />

Z<br />

Zelnorm (tegaserod) 65–66<br />

ziprasidone 367, 377<br />

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome 94–95,<br />

152<br />

zona fasciculata 108, 109<br />

zona glomerulosa 108, 109<br />

zygote 271, 272, 356<br />

zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)<br />

246

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