KROK 1 2008 – Question 29 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient underwent an operation on account of gall bladder excision that resulted in obstruction of Ca absorption through the bowels wall. What vitamin will stimulate this process?
- A. C
- B. PP
- C. D3
- D. K
- E. B12
Hint
Bile is needed for absorption of fat-soluble vitamins; consider which of the listed vitamins acts as a hormone-like regulator of calcium handling in the body.
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