KROK 1 2020 – Question 36 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A 2-year-old child was diagnosed with thymic hypoplasia. What indicator of the immune system status is the most characteristic of this type of immunodeficiency?
- A. T and B cell deficiency
- B. Low B cell count
- C. Low T cell count
- D. Low levels of immunoglobulin M
- E. Absence of plasma cells
Hint
Think about which lymphocyte lineage matures in the thymus, and what an underdeveloped thymus would do to that population in the blood.
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