A 47-year-old patient with osteoarthritis and hypertension is diagnosed with breast cancer. She tells the nurse that her mother also suffered from osteoarthritis and hypertension, and she developed breast cancer at the age of 51 years
The nurse should recognize that this patient's health status may be the result of what phenomenon?
A) X-linked inheritance
B) Autosomal recessive inheritance
C) Autosomal dominant inheritance
D) Multifactorial inheritance
Ans: D
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Many birth defects and common health conditions, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, osteoarthritis, and diabetes, occur as a result of interactions of multiple gene mutations and environmental influences. Thus, they are called multifactorial or complex conditions. The other answers are incorrect because X-linked conditions, autosomal recessive conditions, and autosomal dominant conditions are not caused by the interactions of multiple gene mutations and environmental influences.
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