Posted by Nadia from IP 66.31.219.239 on April 29, 2006 at 19:04:00:
19. A 40 year old woman comes to the physician because of "too much stress in my life now." She describes feeling depressed and tense because of a recent marital separation, a job change, the need to relocate to another city, and the worsening of her 8 year old son's asthma. Physical examination shows no abnormalities. Laboratory studies are most likely to show which of the following abnormalities?
A. Decreased lymphocyte reactivity to antigens
B. Decreased serum prolactin concentration
C. Increased serum calcium concentration
D. Increased serum thyroid stimulating hormone concentration
E. Mild normochromic, normocytic anemia