Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2004
A 10-year-old child is sick with chronic viral hepatitis B with marked activity of the process. Total bilirubin - 70 mmol/L, direct - 26 mmol/L, indirect - 44 mmol/L. АSТ - 6,2 mmol/L, АLТ - 4,8 mmol/L. What mechanism underlies the transaminase level increase of this patient?
Answer options
- Failure of bilirubin conjugation
- Hypersplenism
- Cytolysis of hepatocytes
- Intrahepatic cholestasis
- Failure of the synthetic function of the liver
Correct answer
Cytolysis of hepatocytes
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