Chapter 12

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

The pattern of inheritance shown by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is:

a) autosomal dominant.

b) autosomal recessive.

c) X-linked dominant.

d) X-linked recessive.

Question 2

The pattern of inheritance shown by malignant hyperthermia (hyperpyrexia) is:

a) autosomal dominant.

b) autosomal recessive.

c) X-linked dominant.

d) X-linked recessive.

Question 3

Pseudocholinesterase deficiency is associated with increased sensitivity to what?

a) Fava beans

b) Halothane

c) Primaquine

d) Succinylcholine

Question 4

Recombinant alpha-iduronidase is used for the treatment of which disease/syndrome?

a) Fabry disease

b) Gaucher disease

c) Hurler syndrome

d) Pompe disease

Question 5

Advantages of using adenoviruses for gene therapy include:

a) long term expression.

b) low risk of insertional mutagenesis.

c) low immunogenecity.

d) easy assembly.