KROK 1 2021 – Question 123 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A child has been diagnosed with agammaglobulinemia. This genetic disease disrupts the antibody synthesis, leading to:
- A. Increased metabolism
- B. Disturbed permeability of biomembranes
- C. Decreased defense responses of the body
- D. Disturbed cell division
- E. Disturbed blood coagulation
Hint
Antibodies are the effector molecules of humoral immunity; consider what happens to resistance against infections when they cannot be produced.
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