The Empiric Risk That the Monozygotic Twin of a Person

question 24

Multiple Choice

The empiric risk that the monozygotic twin of a person with cleft lip also has cleft lift is ___ times the risk to a member of the general population who has no relatives with cleft lip.

• A) 4
• B) 40
• C) 100
• D) 400
• E) 0

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