Mr. J.'s wife is pregnant for the third time. One child was born with cystic fibrosis and the other is healthy. He questions the chance that this child will have cystic fibrosis. This type of testing is known as:
1. occurrence risk
2. recurrence risk.
3. predictive testing.
4. predisposition testing.
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1. Incorrect. If a couple has not yet had children but they are known to be at risk for having children with a genetic disease, they will be given an occurrence risk. This couple already has a child with a genetic disorder.
2. Correct. This couple already has a child with a genetic disease and will be given a re-currence risk.
3. Incorrect. Predictive testing is used to clarify the genetic status of an asymptomatic fami-ly member.
4. Incorrect. Predispositional testing differs from presymptomatic testing in that a positive result does not indicate 100% risk of developing a condition.
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