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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2019

A 27-year-old patient presents with pathologic changes in the liver and brain. Blood plasma exhibits acute decrease in copper levels, while urine copper levels are elevated. The patient is diagnosed with Wilson disease. To confirm this diagnosis it is necessary to measure activity of the following enzyme in the patient’s blood serum:

Answer options

  1. Leucine aminopeptidase
  2. Carbonic anhydrase
  3. Alcohol dehydrogenase
  4. Xanthine oxidase
  5. Ceruloplasmin
Correct answer

Ceruloplasmin

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