KROK 1 2015 – Question 3 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 46-year-old female patient has continuous history of progressive muscular (Duchenne’s) dystrophy. Which blood enzyme changes will be of diagnostic value in this case?
- A. Glutamate dehydrogenase
- B. Pyruvate dehydrogenase
- C. Creatine phosphokinase
- D. Lactate dehydrogenase
- E. Adenylate cyclase
Hint
Ask which enzyme is especially abundant in skeletal muscle fibres and leaks into the serum when their membrane is damaged.
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