With Respect to Autosomal Recessive Inheritance, Which, If Any, of the Following

question 18

Multiple Choice

With respect to autosomal recessive inheritance, which, if any, of the following statements is incorrect?

• A) Affected individuals normally have unaffected parents.
• B) For unaffected parents who have a previously affected child, there is a 1 in 4 risk of having an affected child on each occasion that they produce a new child.
• C) Heterozygotes are always asymptomatic carriers.
• D) Some affected individuals have alleles with identical pathogenic mutations but many have two different mutant alleles and are described as compound heterozygotes.

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Definitions:

Main Procedure

The principal or most significant surgical or medical procedure carried out during a patient's treatment.

Increased Procedural Services

A term referring to medical or health services where the complexity or extent of procedures performed is greater than typically required, often documented for billing purposes.

Cyst Removal

The surgical procedure to eliminate a cyst, which is a pathological epithelial lined cavity filled with fluid or semi-solid material.

Patient History

a comprehensive record of a patient's background, symptoms, medical conditions, and treatments, gathered during medical appointments.