auubar Forum Senior
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| | 02/20/04 - 02:17 AM  
 
   
 
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A 75 year old man has a history of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia. He has had treatment with several courses of chemotherapy and has now been admitted to hospital with pneumonia. His past medical history revealed that he had suffered several previous upper respiratory tract infections over the previous six months. Which of the following components of his immune system is likely to be deficient? Available marks are shown in brackets 1 ) Complement 2 ) Immunoglobulin G 3 ) Macrophages 4 ) Mast cells 5 ) T lymphocytes
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| asmi Forum Hero
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| | 02/20/04 - 02:48 AM  
 
   
 
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| | 02/23/04 - 12:59 AM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
5.T lymphocytes
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| asmi Forum Hero
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| | 02/23/04 - 01:15 AM  
 
   
 
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yes guest you are right..it should be T cells :oops:
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| asmi Forum Hero
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| | 02/23/04 - 01:30 AM  
 
   
 
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wait a min :icon_scratch: ...in CLL there is non antibodies producing B cells. So i was correct guest B is the answer
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| asmi Forum Hero
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| | 02/23/04 - 01:31 AM  
 
   
 
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I myself got confused :oops: 
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| auubar Forum Senior
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| | 02/23/04 - 12:52 PM  
 
   
 
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immunoglobulin
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