A Couple Brings Their Child to His Physician for a Checkup

question 5

Multiple Choice

A couple brings their child to his physician for a checkup. The child has Down syndrome, and the couple is concerned about other diseases that could afflict the child. The physician explains that young children with Down syndrome are at higher risk for developing:

• A) nephroblastoma.
• B) rhabdomyosarcoma.
• C) leukemia.
• D) retinoblastoma.

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Definitions:

Conjuncts

Elements combined within a conjunction in logic, each of which is true for the whole to be true.

Disjuncts

Components of a disjunction (an "or" statement) that represent alternative statements or clauses, where if one is true, the others do not have to be.

Antecedents

Factors or events that precede and potentially influence the outcome of a subsequent event or condition.

Consequents

The outcomes or results that logically follow from a given condition or premise.