KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 78 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 43-year-old woman complains of weight loss, hyperhidrosis, low-grade fever, increased irritability. She has been found to have hyperfunction of the sympathetic-adrenal system and basal metabolism. These disorders can be caused by hypersecretion of the following hormone:
- A. Insulin
- B. Corticotropin
- C. Somatotropin
- D. Thyroxine
- E. Aldosterone
Hint
Combine weight loss, sweating, low-grade fever, irritability and increased basal metabolic rate into one endocrine syndrome.
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