KROK 1 2017 – Question 157 · 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. Bilirubinuria
- C. Cholemia
- D. Hyperbilirubinemia
- E. Urobilinuria
Hint
Look for the finding that separates liver-cell injury from the other types of jaundice, which share most of the bilirubin-related changes.
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