KROK 1 2018 – Question 84 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Encephalopathy has developed in a child with hemolytic disease of the newborn. What substance had increased in the child’s blood, resulting in damage to the CNS?
- A. Unconjugated bilirubin
- B. Bilirubin glucuronide
- C. Bile acids
- D. Verdohemoglobin
- E. Bilirubin-albumin complex
Hint
Think about what accumulates when red cells break down faster than the liver can process the heme pigment, and how it reaches the brain.
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