KROK 1 2020 – Question 39 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient with characteristically hypoplastic thymus suffers from DiGeorge syndrome. What type of immunological pathology is it?
- A. Acquired B cell deficiency
- B. Congenital B cell deficiency
- C. Acquired T cell deficiency
- D. Immune depression in the system of T cells
- E. Congenital T cell deficiency
Hint
Think about when in life a defect of thymic development arises, and which lymphocyte line depends on the thymus for its maturation.
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