After teaching a class of nursing students about muscular ...

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After teaching a class of nursing students about muscular dystrophy, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which type of muscular dystrophy
 
  as demonstrating an X-linked recessive pattern of inheritance?
  A) Limb-girdle
  B) Myotonic
  C) Distal
  D) Duchenne

Question 2

A nursing instructor is preparing for a class discussion on spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). When describing type 2 SMA, which of the following would the instructor include? Select all answers that apply.
 
  A) Onset before 6 months of age
  B) Weakness most severe in shoulders and hips
  C) Difficulty with swallowing
  D) Slowly progressing condition
  E) Genetic disease with autosomal recessive inheritance

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Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
Duchenne muscular dystrophy follows an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy is believed to be autosomal or X-linked inherited. Myotonic and distal muscular dystrophy follow an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.

Answer to Question 2

B, D, E
Feedback:
Any type of spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic motor neuron disease due to autosomal recessive inheritance. Type 2 SMA usually occurs between 6 and 18 months of age, with weakness that is most severe in the shoulders, hips, thighs, and upper back. It is slower in progression than type 1 . Survival into adulthood is common if respiratory status is maintained appropriately. Type 1 SMA occurs before birth to 6 months of age and the child usually has difficulty swallowing, sucking, and breathing.

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