Disease Category: Genetic-chromosomal

Genetic-chromosomal: Genetic diseases affecting entire chromosomes
Introduction: A chromosome disorder is a disease where all or most of a chromosome is affected. A chromosome is a large sequence of DNA containing thousands of genes. Normal humans have a 46 chromosomes, consisting of 23 pairs. Chromosomes 1..22 are called autosomes, and the last pair consists of X chromosome and Y chromosome conditions (normal men are XY and women are XX in the last pair).

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Disease group: Chromosome conditions
Condition count: 23
Class subtypes: genetic-sex-chromosome (4), genetic-chromosomal-autosomal (6), genetic-chromosomal-trisomy (4)
Class types: Genetic (132)
Classes: classes list

A

Angelman syndrome

Autosomal chromosome conditions

C

Chromosome conditions

Chromosome deletion syndromes

Cri-du-chat syndrome

D

DiGeorge's syndrome

Down Syndrome

E

Edwards Syndrome

I

Imprinted chromosome conditions

J

Jacobs syndrome

K

Klinefelter syndrome

P

Patau syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome

T

Triple-X syndrome

Trisomy 22

Trisomy conditions

Turner Syndrome

V

Velocardiofacial syndrome

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