Follow Healthline   |   Healthline on TwitterTwitter   |   Healthline on FacebookFacebook
Symptom Search   |   Treatment Search   |   Doctor Search   |   Drug Search

Homocystinuria : Causes

Advertisement
Marketplace
Causes could include:
Homocystinuria is inherited in families as an autosomal recessive trait. This means that the child must inherit the defective gene from both parents to be seriously affected.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Classical homocystinuria or cystathionine b-synthase(CBS) deficiency is an autosomal recessive condition. This means that in order to have the condition, an individual must inherit one copy of the gene for CBS deficiency from each parent.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Classical homocystinuria or cystathionine b-synthase(CBS) deficiency is an autosomal recessive condition. This means that in order to have the condition, an individual must inherit one copy of the gene for CBS deficiency from each parent.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Conditions with a link to the individual''s genetic make-up.Genetic disorders are conditions that can be traced to an individual''s heredity. Many of these disorders are inherited and are governed by the same genetic rules that determine dimples and...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Detailed information on the different types of genetic diseases that can affect a pregnancy
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on the most common congenital and hereditary disorders in children
Source:StayWell
A Harvard Medical School physician answers your question about the hereditary elements of addiction.
Source:StayWell
Any unusual variation or abnormality in the shape, structure, and/or function of an organ, body part, or tissue is commonly referred to as a birth defect. However, congenital anomaly is the more accurate and preferred term, since birth defect can ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Variations within the DNA sequence of a particular gene affect its function, and may cause or predispose an individual a particular disease. Alterations in the genome may increase the frequency of disorder and disease with entire populations.Altho...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
The traditional method used to study an inherited disease is to observe the pattern of its distribution in families through examination of a pedigree, the construction of which begins with the individual first known to have the disease. The pedigr...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Variations within the DNA sequence of a particular gene affect its function and may cause or predispose an individual a particular disease. Alterations in the genome may increase the frequency of disorder and disease with entire populations.Althou...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Advertisement
Back to Top