Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2007
A child is languid, apathetic. Liver is enlarged and liver biopsy revealed a significant excess of glycogene. Glucose concentration in the blood stream is below normal. What is the cause of low glucose concentration?
Answer options
- Deficit of a gene that is responsible for synthesis of glucose 1-phosphaturidine transferase
- Low (absent) activity of glycogene phosphorylase in liver
- Low (absent) activity of hexokinase
- Low (absent) activity of glucose 6-phosphatase
- High activity of glycogen synthetase
Correct answer
Low (absent) activity of glycogene phosphorylase in liver
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