M.ch- 1st Year Gastroenterology - Paper I – Basic Sciences(Kerala University of Health Sciences-2013)

              M.ch. (Gastroenterology) Degree Examinations- September 2013
                                            Paper I – Basic Sciences

Time: 3 hrs                                                                                 Max marks:100

• Answer all questions

• Draw diagrams wherever necessary

Essay: (20)

1. Discuss the metabolism of vitamin B12. Enumerate the causes of vitamin B12 deficiency and investigations to detect these causes.

Short essays: (8x10=80)

2. Mutant hepatitis B viruses

3. Applications of genetic tests in gastroenterology

4. Chemoprophylaxis of colon cancer

5. Predicting disease severity in acute pancreatitis

6. “Mixed” ascites

7. Pathogenesis of gastro-oesophageal reflux

8. Diagnosis of celiac disease

9. Anatomy of splanchnic arterial circulation and disorders affecting this circulation