A Twenty-Year-Old Patient Tells the Nurse That His Father Has

question 3

Multiple Choice

A twenty-year-old patient tells the nurse that his father has just been diagnosed with Huntington disease and he wants to know his own risk of contracting the disease. What can the nurse tell him?

• A) "You have the same risk of contracting the disease as anyone else."
• B) "No one can predict the risk of contracting Huntington disease for any individual."
• C) "Every child of a person with Huntington disease has a 50% risk of contracting the disease."
• D) "Children of someone who has been diagnosed with Huntington disease are immune from contracting the disease."

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