oh genetics.......!! - kindmd

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Couple comes in wanting to have a child. The lady has a history of Epilepsy, so the dude is worried about the chances of his bloke getting Epilepsy later in life. You explain to him that inheritance pattern of Epilepsy is:

A. Autosomal Recessive
B. Polygenic
C. Autosomal Dominant
D. Multifactorial
E. Mitochondrial
F. Uniparental Disomy
G. JUST GO AHEAD and HAVE THE BABY...Will figure out thn !



****ANSWER FROM YOUR MEMORY....DON"T CHEAT URSELF******

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D..

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Come on ppl....Answer plz !!!

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im confused between polygenic and multifactorial!!

b?

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It's ***B*** !!

UWORLD concept

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okay,I think it could be either one ...and we won't be asked with two choices together,

multifactorial meaning in the medical dictionary:

pertaining to or characteristic of any condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many factors, specifically the interaction of several genes, usually polygenes, with or without the involvement of environmental factors.


please look at these two links

http://books.google.com/books?id=dr7bQBt...al&f=false

http://www.idi.harvard.edu/news_events/a..._the_rise/

Worldwide there is a rising incidence of polygenic diseases, which include type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, autism, asthma, and celiac disease (gluten sensitivity). Incidence of type 1, or juvenile, diabetes is increasing 3 to 5 percent per year, while celiac disease may now affect five to ten out of every thousand Americans.

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E: couldn't it as well be mitochondrial ( myoclonic epilepsy ) ?