A twenty-year-old patient tells the nurse that his father has just been diagnosed with Huntington disease and he wants to know his own risk of contracting the disease. What can the nurse tell him?

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3. There is a 50% risk of heritability in offspring of persons with Huntington disease. There is a clear genetic link in Huntington disease, so the risk to the general population is significantly less than in children of those with the disease. The offspring of those with Huntington disease have an increased vulnerability, not immunity.

A Twenty-Year-Old Patient Tells the Nurse That His Father Has