Your Patient Reported Each of the Following Facts When Questioned

question 21

Multiple Choice

Your patient reported each of the following facts when questioned about his family's health history.Which fact prompts you to question him further to determine if he might have a familial neurological disease?

• A) His father was paralyzed at age 45 from a spinal cord tumor.
• B) His older brother has a seizure disorder.
• C) His grandfather died of complications related to diabetes.
• D) His grandmother had hypertension and died of complications resulting from a cerebrovascular accident.

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