KROK 1 2018 – Question 62 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Patients with bile duct obstruction typically present with inhibited blood clotting and develop hemorrhages due to insufficient assimilation of vitamin:
- A. K
- B. A
- C. D
- D. C
- E. E
Hint
Link obstructed bile flow to impaired absorption of a group of vitamins, then ask which of them the liver needs for clotting factors.
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