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Genetic disorders
Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.
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Genetic disorders
Focal seizure
Health care; Genetic disorders
A seizure (as of Jacksonian epilepsy or temporal lobe epilepsy) that originates in a localised part of the cerebral cortex, that involves motor, sensory, autonomic, or psychic symptoms (as twitching ...
Partial seizure
Health care; Genetic disorders
A seizure (as of Jacksonian epilepsy or temporal lobe epilepsy) that originates in a localised part of the cerebral cortex, that involves motor, sensory, autonomic, or psychic symptoms (as twitching ...
Tinnitus
Health care; Genetic disorders
A sensation of noise (as a ringing or roaring) that is caused by a bodily condition (as a disturbance of the auditory nerve or wax in the ear) and typically is of the subjective form which can only ...
Linkage group
Health care; Genetic disorders
A set of genes at different loci on the same chromosome that except for crossing-over tend to act as a single pair of genes in meiosis instead of undergoing independent assortment.
Silent mutation
Health care; Genetic disorders
A silent mutation alters DNA sequence, but has no apparent detectable effect on a phenotype or a function.
Generalised seizure
Health care; Genetic disorders
A seizure (as an absence seizure or tonic-clonic seizure) that originates in both cerebral hemispheres.
Reciprocal translocation
Health care; Genetic disorders
A segment of one chromosome is exchanged with a segment of another chromosome of a different pair.
