KROK 1 2012 – Question 66 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 36-year-old female patient has a history of collagen disease. Urine analysis is likely to reveal an increased concentration of the following metabolite:
- A. Oxyproline
- B. Urea
- C. Indican
- D. Creatinine
- E. Urobilinogen
Hint
Consider which breakdown product of the protein damaged in this disease would spill into the urine in larger amounts.
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