A Man's Wife Is Pregnant for the Third Time

question 16

Multiple Choice

A man's wife is pregnant for the third time.One child was born with cystic fibrosis and the other child is healthy.The man wonders what the chance is that this child will have cystic fibrosis.This type of testing is known as which of the following?

• A) Occurrence risk
• B) Recurrence risk
• C) Predictive testing
• D) Predisposition testing

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