KROK 1 2015 – Question 170 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Biochemical analysis of an infant’s erythrocytes revealed evident glutathione peroxidase deficiency and low concentration of reduced glutathione. What pathological condition can develop in this infant?
- A. Iron-deficiency anemia
- B. Hemolytic anemia
- C. Megaloblastic anemia
- D. Sicklemia
- E. Pernicious anemia
Hint
Think about what protects erythrocyte membranes and hemoglobin from peroxides and what happens to red cells that lose this defence.
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