KROK 1 2008 – Question 108 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient with suspected diagnosis "progressing muscular dystrophy" got his urine tested. What compound will confirm this diagnosis if found in urine?
- A. Collagen
- B. Creatine
- C. Calmodulin
- D. Myoglobin
- E. Porphyrin
Hint
Think about which nitrogenous muscle metabolite, normally retained by muscle fibres, spills into the urine when muscle tissue wastes away.
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