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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Imprinting Disorders

Preferred term

Imprinting Disorders  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Disease, Imprinting
  • Disorder, Genetic Imprinting
  • Disorder, Genomic Imprinting
  • Genetic Imprinting Disorder
  • Genetic Imprinting Disorders
  • Genomic Imprinting Disorder
  • Genomic Imprinting Disorders
  • Imprinting Disease
  • Imprinting Diseases
  • Imprinting Disorder, Genetic
  • Imprinting Disorder, Genomic
  • Imprinting Syndrome
  • Imprinting Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Imprinting

Scope note

  • Disorders caused by transcriptional silencing of one parental gene allele (imprinted gene). Imprinted genes show genetic expression from only one parent of the gene pair through epigenetic processes with no change in the DNA sequence.

History note

  • 2024

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000096803

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