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A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge about this process?

Dyslipidemia refers to normal concentrations of serum lipoproteins

Gastroparesis is delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical gastric outlet obstruction. It is most commonly associated with diabetes mellitus, surgical vagotomy, or fundoplication.

Which symptom is a clinical manifestation of croup? 

What does the student learn about the effects of long-term starvation? (Select all that apply.)

Diverticulosis is the inflamed saccular herniations (diverticula) of the mucosa and submucosa through the tunica muscularis of the colon.

Between which months of age does sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) most often occur?  

Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is a true statement?  

Barrett esophagus is a precancerous condition that can lead to adenocarcinoma.

Which statement is true concerning a diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma?