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The three levels of dysfunction that may be evaluated in a patient with an endocrine problem are primary, secondary, and tertiary.
 
  The possible defective sites that correspond to these primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of dysfunction are, respectively:
  A) Pituitary, target gland, hypothalamus
  B) Hypothalamus, target gland, pituitary
  C) Pituitary, hypothalamus, target gland
  D) Target gland, pituitary, hypothalamus
  E) Target gland, hypothalamus, pituitary

Question 2

Urinary aminolevulinic acid (ALA) levels are increased in all of the following disorders, except:
 
  A) Acute intermittent porphyria
  B) Coproporphyria
  C) Protoporphyria
  D) Variegate porphyria



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D

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Ans: C





 

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