Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011
A 3-year-old girl presents with pertussis-like cough with thick sputum. There have been persistent changes in lungs since the age of 6 months when she was first diagnosed with acute pneumonia. Chloride concentration in the perspiration is 112 mEq/l. The child has been diagnosed with mucoviscidosis. What is the basis for autosomal recessive disease - mucoviscidosis?
Answer options
- Inadequate transport of sodium and chloride ions
- α1-antitrypsin
- Deposition of calcium triphosphates and carbotates in the alveoles
- Pulmonary cysts
- Pulmonary artery hypoplasia
Correct answer
Inadequate transport of sodium and chloride ions
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