A couple have come to the genetics clinic for their first visit. In taking their history, the nurse learns that they are Ashkenazi Jews. What would this couple be genetically screened for?
A) Huntington disease
B) Trisomy 21
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Canavan disease
Ans: D
Feedback: The second aim is to provide reproductive options to people with a high probability of having children with severe, untreatable diseases and for whom genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, and other reproductive options could be helpful and of interest. For example, people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (Jews of Eastern European origin) are screened for conditions such as Tay-Sachs disease and Canavan disease. The other answers are incorrect because Huntington disease, trisomy 21, and Alzheimer's disease are not associated with the Ashkenazi Jews.
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