Typical Drug Therapy Used to Treat Cirrhosis Includes

question 45

Multiple Choice

Typical drug therapy used to treat cirrhosis includes

• A)antibiotics to alter bacterial populations.
• B)lactulose to reduce ammonia production and absorption.
• C)diuretics to control portal hypertension.
• D)a and c
• E)all of the above

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Definitions:

Homozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two identical alleles for a specific gene.

Heterozygous

Possessing two different alleles of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent, resulting in genetic variation.

Alleles

Different versions of a gene, which can result in variations in the physical or physiological traits of an organism.

Genomic Imprinting

An epigenetic phenomenon where certain genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin-specific manner, meaning that the expression of the gene is different depending on whether it is inherited from the mother or the father.