MS- 1st Year Paper I – Basic Sciences(Kerala University of Health Sciences-2013)

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                       PG Degree Examinations inGeneral Surgery (MS) - May 2013
                                         Paper I-Surgery Including 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
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