Pregnant Patients Who Are Taking Isoniazid (INH) Should Take 25

question 15

Multiple Choice

Pregnant patients who are taking isoniazid (INH) should take 25 mg/day of vitamin B₆ (pyridoxine) to prevent:

• A) Beriberi
• B) Peripheral neuropathy
• C) Rickets
• D) Megaloblastic anemia

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Definitions:

Thalassemia

A blood disorder characterized by the body producing an abnormal form of hemoglobin, resulting in anemia.

Polymorphism

The occurrence of something in multiple forms or variants, frequently used in genetics to describe the variation in DNA sequence among individuals.

Homologous Pairs

Pairs of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent, that contain the same genes at the same loci but may have different alleles.

Karyotypes

The complete set of chromosomes in an individual organism's cell, used for studying chromosome anomalies.