Genetic disorder
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Used for
Alstrom syndrome, Bardet Biedel syndrome, Clouston's syndrome, corneal dystrophy, familial Mediterranean fever, hereditary cerebellar degeneration, hereditary disorder, Joubert syndrome, Laurence Moon Biedl syndrome, Leigh disease, LEOPARD syndrome, Multiple Lentigines, Rabson Mendenhall syndrome, subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy
See for
deformity, familial disorder, malformation
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
achondroplasia, acrodermatitis enteropathica, adrenoleukodystrophy, afibrinogenemia, Alagille syndrome, Alport syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, chromosome disorder, congenital erythropoietic porphyria, congenital ichthyosis, craniofacial dysostosis, cutis laxa, Ehlers Danlos syndrome, epidermolysis bullosa, familial dysautonomia, familial hypothyroidism, Friedreich's ataxia, Fuchs' dystrophy, happy puppet syndrome, hemoglobinopathy, hemophilia A, hemophilia B, hereditary elliptocytosis, hereditary peripheral nervous system disorder, hereditary spherocytosis, Holt Oram syndrome, Huntington's disease, hypoprothrombinemia, inborn metabolism disorder, keratosis follicularis, Li Fraumeni syndrome, Marfan syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia, muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, polycystic kidney, protoporphyria, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, retinitis pigmentosa, retinoblastoma, Rett syndrome, testicular feminization, tuberous sclerosis, Usher syndrome, Von Hippel Lindau syndrome, von Willebrand's disease, Waardenburg syndrome, Werner's syndrome, Wilms' tumor, Wiskott Aldrich syndrome, xeroderma pigmentosum
Related Terms
acanthosis nigricans, color blindness, congenital aplastic anemia, congenital blood disorder, congenital disorder, dyserythropoietic anemia, family genetics, genetic susceptibility, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, malignant hyperthermia, obesity, psoriasis
Scope Note
general term for any disorder caused by a genetic mechanism, comprising chromosome aberrations or anomalies, mendelian or monogenic or single-gene disorders, and multifactorial disorders; note that all genetic disorders are not treed under this term; see RTs for others; in addition, many disorders not treed here or under RTs may have a genetic component.
Facts
- A genetic disorder is a disease caused by abnormalities in an individual's genetic material (genome).
- A genetic disorder is one in which an abnormality in the genetic make-up (the genome) of the individual plays a significant role in causing the condition.
- A genetic disorder is caused by an altered or faulty gene or set of genes.
- Mitochondrial inheritance -- This type of genetic disorder is caused by mutations in the nonchromosomal DNA of mitochondria.
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