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381. The age of onset of a degenerative neurologic disease is 35. Epidemiologic study of affected persons indicates that most cases occur in the spring, are isolated (i.e., no neighbors or relatives are affected), and occur equally in men and women. However, a subset of cases consists of two affected siblings in a family. The best description of this disease is

a. Inherited

b. Genetic

c. Sporadic

d. Congenital

e. Familial


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  #2

A? Multifactorial inheritance.

  #3

a?confused

  #4

try again

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  #5

b?????

  #6

C. Sporadic inheritance occurs in isolated manner.

  #7

wat is the difference between genetic inherited n familial???disapprovaldisapproval disapproval

  #8

Answer is E

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  #9

yup its E

  #10

please explain the dif terms if possible
will really appreciate it

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  #11

pray tell,why is E the answer

  #12

sporadic disease: Disease that occurs occasionally and at random intervals in a population.
So the answer is E.

  #13

why is familial?? it sais "no neighbors or relatives are affected"

  #14

I also still did not understand this question... ; (

  #15

Why is it familial???? ; (

  #16

agree wid u angeiTnod
hey... robin plz post explanation...

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