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Cystic fibrosis is progressive genetic disease causing thick sticky secretions instead of think slippery secretions, this can be particularly harmful to the lungs and digestive system. This disease is most prevalent in Caucasians of Northern European descent. A woman from Britain fleeing Brexit comes to you â a genetic counselor - worried that she might pass this mutation to her unborn child. â¨In order to give her a risk assessment
a. What do you need to know about the disease?
b. She does not have the disease,what other data and information is going to allow you to give her the most definitive answer?
Cystic fibrosis is progressive genetic disease causing thick sticky secretions instead of think slippery secretions, this can be particularly harmful to the lungs and digestive system. This disease is most prevalent in Caucasians of Northern European descent. A woman from Britain fleeing Brexit comes to you â a genetic counselor - worried that she might pass this mutation to her unborn child. â¨In order to give her a risk assessment
a. What do you need to know about the disease?
b. She does not have the disease,what other data and information is going to allow you to give her the most definitive answer?
Deanna HettingerLv2
20 Mar 2018
