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Patient comes to emergency department with fever and confusion. Examination reveals scleral icterus and petechiae on extremities. Labs reveal anemia, thrombocytopenia and impaired renal functions. What is the function of the protein which is most probably dificient in this patient ?
a) Cytoskeletal protein
b) Clotting factor
c) Kinase
d) Protease
e) Membrane receptor
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AA is wrong i guess bcause its sphectrin deficiency [spherocytosis]which will present as haemolytic anaemia..
TTP is diagnosis but answer ...
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It's D. The deficient protein in TTP is vW factor metalloprotease, which degrades vWF.
Hey Kiranraja, did you take step 2 cs already?
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Hi lalouette,
taken CS,waiting for result.
how ru?
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it must be step2 qq ;all ppl who took step 2 answering ...........LOL
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I took Cs some days ago, i'll have my results in october i guess.... Wish you the best Kiranraja. Let me know if you are available on yahoo e-mail.
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thanks and wish u the same.i am available on yahoo e mail.
Good luck to u.
