The Parents of a Child with Unusual Disease Symptoms Take

question 37

Multiple Choice

The parents of a child with unusual disease symptoms take the child to a doctor for help. The doctor suspects that the condition might have a genetic basis. She recommends that the child be taken to a specialty clinic where physicians and staff members are trained to diagnose genetic diseases and counsel parents. Ultimately, the child is diagnosed with a rare recessively inherited disease. The parents are tested for the gene, and both are found to be heterozygous. The parents are expecting another child and ask about a test to determine if this child may carry the disease. All but one of these tests may detect genetic disorders in the unborn child. Choose the EXCEPTION.

• A)chorionic villus sampling
• B)pedigree analysis
• C)blood tests to measure levels of alpha-fetoprotein
• D)amniocentesis

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