When describing Prader-Willi syndrome to a group of nursing students, the instructor would describe this condition as one affecting which chromosome?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 11
D) 15
D
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Prader-Willi syndrome involves an abnormality on chromosome 15 . Cri-du-chat involves an abnormality on chromosome 5; Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome involves an abnormality on chromosome 4; and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome involves an abnormality on chromosome 11 .
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a. true b. false
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