HY USMLE Q #1095 – Genetics

A 6-year-old boy is brought to the physician for a follow-up examination. His family immigrated to the USA from Iceland 5 years ago. He has had recurrent respiratory infections since the age of 2 years. He is at the 3rd percentile for height and weight. The inheritance pattern of this patient’s condition is most similar to which of the following?

  Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency
  Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  Hemochromatosis
  Hemophilia A
  von Hippel-Lindau
  von Willebrand disease

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