E. Phosphoric calcium metabolism
A 62 year old woman complains of frequent pain attacks in the area of her chest and backbone, rib fractures. Her doctor suspected myeloma (plasmocytoma). What of the following laboratory characteristics will be of the greatest diagnostic importance?
Paraproteinemia
Hyperalbuminemia
Proteinuria
Hypoglobulinemia
Hypoproteinemia
Toxic affection of liver results in dysfunction of protein synthesis. It is usually accompanied by the following kind of dysproteinemia:
Absolute hypoproteinemia
Relative hypoproteinemia
Absolute hyperproteinemia
Relative hyperproteinemia
Paraproteinemia
Increased HDL levels decrease the risk of atherosclerosis. What is the mechanism of HDL anti-atherogenic action?
They remove cholesterol from tissues
They supply tissues with cholesterol
They are involved in the breakdown of cholesterol
They activate the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids
They promote absorption of cholesterol in the intestine
A patient underwent a course of treatment for atherosclerosis. Laboratory tests revealed an increase in the antiatherogenic lipoprotein fraction in the blood plasma. The treatment efficacy is confirmed by the increase in:
HDL
VLDL
IDL
LDL
Chylomicrons
A 67-year-old male patient consumes eggs, pork fat, butter, milk and meat. Blood test results: cholesterol - 12,3 mmol/l, total lipids- 8,2 g/l, increased low-density lipoprotein fraction (LDL). What type of hyperlipoproteinemia is observed in the patient?
Hyperlipoproteinemia type IIa
Hyperlipoproteinemia type I
Hyperlipoproteinemia type IIb
Hyperlipoproteinemia type IV
Cholesterol, hyperlipoproteinemia
A 12-year-old patient was found to have blood serum cholesterol at the rate of 25 mmol/l. The boy has a history of hereditary familial hypercholesterolemia, which is caused by the impaired synthesis of the following protein receptors:
Low density lipoproteins