A nurse is participating in the assessment portion of a couple's genetic screening and testing. Early in the assessment of the couple's family history, the nurse learns that the husband's father and the wife's father are brothers
The nurse recognizes that this greatly increases the couple's risk of what health problems?
A) Diseases that have a multifactorial pattern of inheritance
B) Diseases with autosomal recessive inheritance
C) Autosomal dominant disease
D) X-linked diseases
Ans: B
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Consanguinity is a major risk factor for autosomal recessive diseases. It is less significant in regard to risks for multifactorial, autosomal dominant, or X-linked diseases.
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