KROK 1 2012 – Question 132 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Blood test of a patient suffering from atrophic gastritis gave the following results: RBCs - 2,0 · 10¹²/l, Hb- 87 g/l, colour index - 1,3, WBCs - 4,0 · 10⁹/l, thrombocytes - 180 · 10⁹/l. Anaemia might have been caused by the following substance deficiency:
- A. Zinc
- B. Iron
- C. Vitamin K
- D. Vitamin A
- E. Vitamin B12
Hint
Link the high colour index with the loss of gastric mucosal function in atrophic gastritis, and ask which nutrient's absorption depends on the stomach.
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