kiranmayi
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A 62-year-old man with diabetes and chronic renal failure is given vitamin D supplementation. Why was this done?
A. Inability of the activated vitamin D to bind to the cytosolic receptor in the intestine
B. Inability to create 7-dehydrocholesterol
C. Inability to make 25-hydroxy-1-hydroxylase.
D. Inability to make more calcium-binding protein once activated vitamin D has changed transcription
E. Inability to make cholecalciferol
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| asmi
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C....since the problem is in kidney's....1 alpha hydroxylase def.......no active form of vitamin D.
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| Colombia
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Kidney= 1-OH vit D
Liver= 25-OH vit D
therefore C is correct
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| alice8
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C. Inability to make 25-hydroxy-1-hydroxylase.
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| kiranmayi
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