A 10-Year-Old Male Is Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia

question 23

Multiple Choice

A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. He most likely inherited it from:

• A) his mother.
• B) his father.
• C) both his mother and father.
• D) none of the above; sickle cell disease is not clearly an inherited disease.

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