When providing education for the parents of a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy,the nurse plans to include
A) testing all female children for the disease.
B) testing the father for the presence of the trait on the Y chromosome.
C) genetic counseling for all female children.
D) testing the parents to determine the carrier.

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a recessive sex-linked disease carried on the X chromosome,so only males are affected with the disease.Because it is a recessive X-linked disorder,females can only be carriers and do not have the disease.The disease is an X-linked recessive disorder and would not be found on the Y chromosome.The disease is a recessive X-linked disease and is always carried by the mother.

When Providing Education for the Parents of a Child with Duchenne