A female patient learns that she is the carrier of the X-linked recessive disease hemophilia A. Her spouse is free of the disease. What should the nurse teach the patient about the frequency of this disease in future children?
A) All male children will inherit it.
B) All female children will be carriers like she is.
C) All male children will have a 50% risk to inherit the disease.
D) All female children will have a 50% risk to inherit the disease.
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