Question

your patient suffers from medium chain acyl CoA MCAD) deficiency.compared to a normal person, you would expect all of the followingexcept:
a. an increase in the rate at which liver glycogen stores aredepleted and decrease time of onset of hypoglycemia followingadmixed meal
b.an increase in the blood glucose utilization in the fasting statebecause the cells cannot get enough energy frombeta-oxidation
c. an increase in ketone body synths because inhibition of the TCAcycle
d. a decrease in the gluconeogenesis in the liver becausegluconeogenesis depends upon energy supplied bybeta-oxidation
e. symptoms to appear anytime the patient does not eat regularly