KROK 1 2010 – Question 31 · 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. B12
- B. K
- C. PP
- D. D3
- E. C
Hint
Go through the vitamins' roles in turn and ask which one is converted into an active hormone-like form that regulates mineral transport in the gut.
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