The Concordance Among Monozygotic Twins for Epilepsy Is 37% and for Dizygotic

question 87

Multiple Choice

The concordance among monozygotic twins for epilepsy is 37% and for dizygotic twins is 10%. From this information, we can conclude that:

• A)epilepsy has only a minor genetic component.
• B)epilepsy has an important genetic component.
• C)lifestyle and other environmental factors play an important role in epilepsy.
• D)epilepsy has only a minor genetic component, while lifestyle and other environmental factors play an important role.
• E)epilepsy has both an important genetic component and an important environmental component.

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Definitions:

Family Obligations

Duties or responsibilities that individuals have towards their family members, often culturally or socially defined.

Manifest Content

In psychoanalytic theory, the remembered story line of a dream as opposed to the hidden meaning or latent content.

Night Terrors

A sleep disorder causing feelings of terror or dread, typically occurring during the first hours of stage 3-4 non-REM sleep, leading to gasping, screaming, or confusion upon waking.

Nightmares

Disturbing dreams that cause the dreamer to wake up feeling anxious or frightened.