Multiple Choice
A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with sickle cell anemia.When the parents ask who is responsible for this disease,what is the nurse's best response? He most likely inherited it from:
A) His mother
B) His father
C) Noth his mother and father
D) None of the above; sickle cell disease is not clearly an inherited disease.
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