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Diagnosis of Adult Hereditary Pulmonary Disease and the Role of Genetic Testing : It Is All About the Genesdoi:10.1378/chest.09-2488DonLissJoanneArmstrongSDOSChest
One woman's journey from learning she has alpha-1, or genetic COPD, to managing it on a day-to-day basis. Video Understand the Genetic Link What many label asthma is actually hereditary emphysema. Defective genes from both parents can lead to lung damage. Article Your Journey to a Diagnosi...
Variation in the size and number of axial segments underlies much of the diversity in animal body plans. Here we investigate the evolutionary, genetic and developmental mechanisms driving tail-length differences between forest and prairie ecotypes of dee
Patients seen in the past may have had genetic testing that could now be improved on, whereas for patients who undergo newer testing, the interpretation of clinical diagnoses or predictions may evolve over time. What duties do clinicians have to these patients? This is not a "one- off " ...
Is frontal lobe dementia genetic? Is primary progressive aphasia dementia? Is Alzheimer's an epidemic? Can you die from frontal lobe dementia? Is Alzheimer's a hereditary disease? Is vascular dementia a neurological disease? Brain lesions associated with Alzheimer's Disease are ...
Those of us who have experienced a parent or grandparent losing their hearing might wonder: Is hearing loss hereditary? We may be concerned that hearing loss runs in the family and whether we will pass it on to our children. In this article, we explain genetic hearing loss. Can Hearing Lo...
This example shows the importance of reverse phenotyping in these cases, once a genetic diagnosis was suspected. Fig. 2: Pedigree of the two related consanguineous families AQ18 and AQ19. The mother in AQ18 is the sister of the father in AQ19 while the mother in AQ19 is the sister of ...
Specifically, the hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is caused by a deletion of the PMP22 gene,11,12 while the demyelinating hereditary motor sensory neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth Pro- and antiapoptotic roles of zebrafish Perp M Nowak et al disease type 1A (CMT1A) ...
ADHD is hereditary, at least in part. So if you have ADHD, your children will have a greater risk of also having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some research has found that the heritability of ADHD is around 80%. However, the exact genetic mechanisms are not yet fully understood.1...