Genetics in Neurology

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Neurology
Subtitle of host publicationA Clinical Approach
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages480-484
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781405157384
DOIs
StatePublished - May 18 2010

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • General Medicine

Keywords

  • Autosomal dominant inheritance
  • Autosomal recessive inheritance
  • Dystonia, Oppenheimer's dystonia (DYT1) - inherited in autosomal dominant pattern with reduced penetrance and variable expressivity
  • Genetics in neurology
  • Inherited susceptibility to cerebellar and spinal cord hemangioblastomas - in Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)
  • Inherited traits - Gregor Mendel describing heritability of traits in pea plants
  • Mendelian genetics
  • Mitochondrial disorders
  • Neurocutaneous disorders - phakomatoses disorders involving skin and brain
  • Rett's syndrome, example of X-linked dominant inheritance pattern

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