KROK 1 2011 – Question 22 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 2-year-old child with mental and physical retardation has been delivered to a hospital. He presents with frequent vomiting after having meals. There is phenylpyruvic acid in urine. Which metabolism abnormality is the reason for this pathology?
- A. Amino-acid metabolism
- B. Carbohydrate metabolism
- C. Phosphoric calcium metabolism
- D. Water-salt metabolism
- E. Lipidic metabolism
Hint
Ask which class of dietary building blocks the compound found in the urine is derived from, and which inherited metabolic block makes it appear.
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