The parents of a child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis ask the nurse how their child developed the disease. Which of the following should the nurse explain to these parents?
1. Cystic fibrosis is a disease that has an extra chromosome.
2. Cystic fibrosis is an X-linked disorder.
3. Cystic fibrosis is passed on by a defective gene from both parents.
4. Cystic fibrosis is passed on by one defective gene from one parent.
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Cystic fibrosis is an inherited, autosomal recessive disease that is passed on by a defective gene from both parents and not one parent. This disease does not occur because of an extra chromosome. This disease is not an X-linked disorder. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, and frequently fatal disease of the body's exocrine mucus-producing glands that primarily affects the respiratory, digestive, intestinal systems, and the pancreas.
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