A patient presents with the following symptoms: anemia, heart failure, pneumonia, paralysis, and abdominal pain

After learning about their family history, you run a genetic test for which disorder?



a. cystic fibrosis
b. albinism
c. sickle-cell anemia
d. achondroplasia
e. schizophrenia


ANSWER: c

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