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a 45 yeal old woman comes to the ER because of 10 hour history of fever,chills and abdominal pain that radiates to her right sholuder blade
She has a history of cholelithiasis.her temperature is 39C{ 103F}
pulse is 120/min,respirations are 24/min and BP 90/60Hg
Abdominal examination shows tenderness in the right upper quadrant with guarding.bowel sounds are decreased
which of the following cytokines is most likely to be primarily involved in this patientes conditions ??

a.-interferon gama
b.-interleukin-4 IL4
c.-IL-10
d.-transforming growth factor Beta
e.-tumor necrosis factor-alpha


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  #2

Acute cholanghitis, I go with E

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  #3

E
plus IL1, but its not among the options.

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  #4

Thanks I finally understand the point

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