KROK 1 2009 – Question 153 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
After a disease a 16-year-old boy is presenting with decreased function of protein synthesis in the liver as a result of vitamin K deficiency. This may cause disorder of:
- A. Osmotic blood pressure
- B. Blood coagulation
- C. Anticoagulant production
- D. Erythropoietin production
- E. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Hint
Ask which proteins made in the liver depend on vitamin K to become functional, and what physiological process needs them.
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