The Nurse Is Assessing the Knowledge of New Parents with a Child

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing the knowledge of new parents with a child born with maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) .This is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder,which means that:

• A)Both genes of a pair must be abnormal for the disorder to be expressed.
• B)Only one copy of the abnormal gene is required for the disorder to be expressed.
• C)The disorder occurs in males and heterozygous females.
• D)The disorder is carried on the X chromosome.

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