You Are Working with a Patient Who Has Been Poisoned

question 4

Multiple Choice

You are working with a patient who has been poisoned.You note elevated blood pressure,and tissue biopsies of the patient's liver show extra sodium channels in the kidney,so you suspect that the patient has been given

• A) epinephrine.
• B) aldosterone.
• C) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).
• D) insulin.
• E) testosterone.

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