AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1999

  • question_answer
    Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a sex-linked inheritance, is characterized by

    A)  sex ratio disorder

    B)  wasting away of muscles

    C)  inevitable death   

    D)  all of the above.

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    : Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a X-linked recessive disorder caused by diffective dystrophin gene. In this disease there is a progressive weakness of all the skeletal muscles of the body leading to respiratory failure. The affected child usually dies at the age of 15 years.


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