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Video Guide: Lorenzo’s Oil
1. What signs and symptoms are clues to Lorenzo’s family that there is a problem?
(Bookmark 00:05.40)
2. What is Lorenzo’s diagnosis? (Bookmark 00:13.38)
3. What causes this disease? What does this disease do?
4. Describe the progression of this disease. (Bookmark 00:19.04)
5. How did Lorenzo get this disease? (Bookmark 00.21.57)
6. Diagram Michaela’s family pedigree. (Video clip 00:25.47). Remember to use circles to represent
females, squares to represent males. Carriers of the disease should have half their shape
shaded.