NBME Q: Form 2, Q 33

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NBME Q: Form 2, Q 33

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jfk
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05/01/08 - 01:40 PM

A 30-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department because of pain in her upper arm after falling off a horse. X-ray films show a closed simple fracture of the upper humerus. Serum studies 3 weeks later are most likely to show an increased concentration of:

A) Alkaline phosphatase
B) Ca
C)creatine kinase
D) gamma glutamyltransferase
E) phosphorous

jean robert
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05/02/08 - 10:58 AM

A

( osteoblasts by creating a local environment of alkalinity via alkaline phosphatase helps build bone)

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1.ammara
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05/03/08 - 04:30 AM

Isnt it the same q repeated?? anyways, A is the ans

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