An advantage of prenatal diagnosis by genotypic analysis for hemophilia over phenotypic analysis is:
a. ABO blood type does not affect the analysis.
b. A chorionic villus biopsy can be tested at 4 weeks gestation.
c. Direct DNA diagnosis is available for all families.
d. It can be done as a point-of-care test.
Correct Answer: A
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A. 19 B. 21 C. 22 D. 18 E. 20
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