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asmi
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02/25/04 - 08:36 PM       #1

An alcoholic with dementia + paralysis of lateral gaze+ difficulty walking.The vitamin deficient works as cofactor for :

a. aspartate aminotransfrease
b.methylmalonyl CoA mutase
c. prolyl hydroxylase
d.pyruvate dehydrgenase

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02/25/04 - 08:49 PM       #2

PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE AND ALSO IN ALPHA KETOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE AND ALPHA KETOACID DEHYDROGENASE.
(THIAMINE)

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02/25/04 - 10:41 PM       #3

no ...

Hint: it has to do something in collagen synthesis

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02/25/04 - 11:55 PM       #4

With that hint it must be prolyl hydroxylase

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02/26/04 - 12:15 AM       #5

yes its C

Due to vitamin E deficiency

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02/26/04 - 12:17 AM       #6

"asmi" wrote:
yes its C

Due to vitamin E deficiency


Guys iam so sorry i messed up...its vitamin B1 (THIAMINE) DEFICIENCY,COMMON IN ALCOHOLICS. :oops:

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02/26/04 - 12:19 AM       #7

SO COLUMBIA WAS RIGHT :oops:

MAN what am i doing :shock: ,thats so stupid of myself :lol:









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