Describe five genetic disorders that can identify during the pre-natal period.

      

Describe five genetic disorders that can identify during the pre-natal period.

  

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John
i) Down syndrome - Mental/ physical retardation

ii) Sickle cell anaemia - Abnormal red blood cells

iii) Phenyketonuria (PKU) - difficult in digestion protein

iv) Muscular dystrophy - muscles weaken and waste away

v) Klinefelter's syndrome - males fail to develop sexual maturity at adolescence

vi) Huntington chorea - During middle age the central nervous system and body deteriorate

vii) Haemophilia - Inability of blood to clot

viii) Albinism - Lack of dark pigmentation/ melqnine
johnmulu answered the question on July 7, 2017 at 07:23


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