KROK 1 2011 – Question 136 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
After an immunoassay a child was diagnosed with immunodeficiency of humoral immunity. What is the reason for the primary immunodeficiency development in the child?
- A. Toxic damage of B-lymphocytes
- B. Pathometabolism in mother’s organism
- C. Embryonal development abnormalities
- D. Immune responsiveness and resistance disorders
- E. Hereditary abnormality of immune system
Hint
Recall what distinguishes primary from secondary immunodeficiencies in terms of the origin of the defect.
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