KROK 1 2008 – Question 21 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient has yellow skin colour, dark urine, dark-yellow feces. What substance will have strengthened concentration in the blood serum?
- A. Conjugated bilirubin
- B. Verdoglobin
- C. Unconjugated bilirubin
- D. Mesobilirubin
- E. Biliverdin
Hint
Dark urine and dark, not pale, stool suggest excessive red-cell breakdown; ask which bilirubin fraction the liver cannot handle fast enough.
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