KROK 1 2008 – Question 1 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
After consumption of rich food a patient has nausea and heartburn, steatorrhea. This condition might be caused by:
- A. Increased lipase secretion
- B. Disturbed trypsin synthesis
- C. Bile acid deficiency
- D. Disturbed phospholipase synthesis
- E. Amylase deficiency
Hint
Fatty stools after a rich meal mean fat digestion or absorption is failing; think about whether the fault lies in the enzymes that cut the fat or in the step that prepares the fat for them.
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