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futuristic

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A woman is a chronic alcohol abuser.
 
  She has experienced a decrease
  in intellectual functioning, alterations in memory, impaired judgment,
  shallowness of affect, loss of recent memory, disorientation for time
  and place, and confusion. Given these behavioral effects, what
  condition is this woman likely to have?
  A. Alcoholic pellagra
  B. Peripheral neuropathy
  C. Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome
  D. Chronic brain syndrome

Question 2

A 25 year old alcoholic male with cirrhosis is two weeks into a program of abstinence from alcohol and a nutritionally sound diet. Is this man likely to be sexually impotent?
 
  A. Yes; alcoholics with cirrhosis are more likely than not to be
  sexually impotent
  B. No; at his age, the man's reproductive system will not be
  affected by his alcoholism or cirrhosis
  C. Yes; his hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis has become
  unaffected due to his new program
  D. No; his hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis remains unaffected
  due to his new program



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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