KROK 1 2008 – Question 128 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient was diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic cytotoxic anemia. What substances are antigens in II type allergic reactions?
- A. Inflammation modulators
- B. Hormones
- C. Modified receptors of cell membranes
- D. Antibiotics
- E. Serum proteins
Hint
Think about which part of the patient's own cell membrane becomes the target when antibodies cause lysis, and how an ordinary membrane component might come to look foreign.
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