A 20-year-old male presents
with wasting and weakness of the muscles of the pelvic girdle. There is evidence
of generalised muscular hypertrophy. His maternal grandfather had a similar
disorder. The mode of inheritance is
a)Autosomal dominant
b)Autosomal recessive
c)X-linked recessive
d)Polygenic inheritance
e)X-liked dominant
Answer:
c)
The patient has benign x-liked
muscular dystrophy (Becker type)
