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11 years ago
The nurse at the geneticist’s office is interviewing the 22-year-old patient. The patient may have a mitochondrial mutation. Which of the following statements made by the patient are most consistent with this information?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. “My dad was unable to hear normally after the age of 15.”
2. “My mom and my sister are really little when compared to the rest of my family.”
3. “My mom and my grandmother have trouble with seizures.”
4. “My dad and my uncle both had heart attacks when they were in their 40s.”
5. “I have some trouble walking and my muscles seem to be getting weaker.”
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11 years ago
2,3,5 -- The patient’s father developed deafness at an early age and while this may be the result of a mitochondrial genetic alteration, it is not necessarily as concerning to learn about because the father will be unable to pass this mitochondrial mutation to his child.
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