Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Genetic disorders

Oligonucleotide

Health care; Genetic disorders

Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesised to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe ...

Trans configuration

Health care; Genetic disorders

Term which indicates that an individual who is heterozygous at two neighbouring loci has the two mutations in question on each of the two homologous chromosomes.

Endometrial

Health care; Genetic disorders

Having to do with the endometrium (the layer of tissue that lines the uterus).

Dysmorphology

Health care; Genetic disorders

The clinical study of malformation syndromes.

Cardiac

Health care; Genetic disorders

Having to do with the heart.

Parent-of-origin studies

Health care; Genetic disorders

An analysis used to determine whether a particular chromosome or segment of DNA was inherited from an individual's mother or father; helpful in the diagnosis of disorders in which imprinting or ...