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The first-aid center has received a victim of a traffic accident diagnosed with closed displaced fracture of the middle third of the thigh. For repositioning of bone fragments the patient received 10 ml of 2% dithylinum solution intravenously, which resulted in prolonged period of apnoea and muscle relaxation. What enzyme is deficient, resulting in such pharmacogenetic enzymopathy?

Answer options

  1. Methemoglobin reductase
  2. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
  3. Pseudocholinesterase
  4. Uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase
  5. N-acetyltransferase
Correct answer

Pseudocholinesterase

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