KROK 1 2014 – Question 163 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient has been admitted to the contagious isolation ward with signs of jaundice caused by hepatitis virus. Which of the symptoms given below is strictly specific for hepatocellular jaundice?
- A. Increase of ALT, AST level
- B. Hyperbilirubinemia
- C. Bilirubinuria
- D. Cholemia
- E. Urobilinuria
Hint
Look for the finding that signals injury to the liver cells themselves, since pigment-related findings can be shared by several kinds of jaundice.
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