LETHARGY. HER HAEMOGLOBIN LEVEL WAS 7 GM / DL. HER BLOOD WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN LARGE, ABNORMAL IMMATURE ERYTHROCYTES. THIS WOMAN HAD A HIGHLY ELEVATED EXCRETION OF FIGLU, A METABOLITE OF HISTIDINE IN URINE 1) WHAT IS THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ANEMIA 2) WHICH TYPE OF ANEMIA DOES THE PATIENT SUFFER FROM 3) WHAT IS THE BIOCHEMICAL BASIS
A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD IS CHARACTERIZED BY BONE DEFORMITIES DUE TO INCOMPLETE MINERALIZATION, RESULTING IN SOFT AND PLIABLE BONES. THERE IS DELAY IN TEETH FORMATION. THE CHILD IS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE RICKETS 1) HOW MANY TYPES OF RICKETS ARE THERE 2) STATE THE CAUSE OF THE DISEASE 3) HOW CAN THE DISEASE BE TREATED
A PATIENT IN THE HOSPITAL HAD SEIZURES AND USUALLY APPEARED TIRED AND WEAK. PHYSICAL FINDING WAS DEPOSITION OF COPPER AS GREEN RING ROUND THE CORNEA AND HEPATOMEGALY 1) WHAT IS THE PROBABLE DISEASE 2) WHAT IS THE BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEM IN THIS DISEASE 3) WHAT IS THE TREATMENT OF THIS DISEASE
AN ADOLESCENT INDIVIDUAL CAME TO THE OPD WITH COMPLAINTS OF GROWTH FAILURE, SEXUAL IMMATURITY, LOSS OF TASTE ACUITY AND DELAYED WOUND HEALING 1) IDENTIFY DEFICIENT MINERAL 2) WHAY IS ITS DAILY REQUIREMENT 3) NAME THE ENZYMES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MINERAL
A 35 YEAR OLD MAN REPORTED IN THE HOSPITAL WITH LACK OF APPETITE, LISTLESSNESS AND WEAKNESS OF LEGS. HE HAD A FEELING OF HEAVINESSS AND NUMBNESS OF LEGS WITH PINS AND NEEDLES SENSATION. LAB INVESTGATIONS SHOWED RAISED PLASMA PYRUVATE LEVEL. TRANSKETOLASE ACTIVITY IN THE RBCs WAS LOW BUT IT SHOWED A RISE BY 40 % AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF THIAMINE PYRO PHOSPHATE (TPP)
1) GIVE THE DIAGNOSIS 2) GIVE THE DAILY REQUIREMENT OF THE DEFICIENT VITAMIN 3) GIVE DIETARY SOURCES OF THIS VITAMIN 1) IDENTIFY THE INSTRUMENT 2) STATE BEERS LAW 3) STATE LAMBERTS LAW
1) DEFINE COLORIMETRY 2) STATE BEERS LAW 3) GIVE IMPORTANCE OF COLORIMETRY