Neuromuscular disorders · Physiology

Which neuromuscular disorder is inherited as an X-linked recessive condition?

  1. Myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder
  2. Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  3. Guillain-Barré syndrome, an immune neuropathy
  4. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
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Correct answer: Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern and therefore almost exclusively affects boys.

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