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MeSH Heading: Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Tree Number(s): C16.320
Unique ID: D030342
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D030342
Annotation: general; prefer /‌genet with specific diseases
Scope Note: Diseases that are caused by genetic mutations present during embryo or fetal development, although they may be observed later in life. The mutations may be inherited from a parent's genome or they may be acquired in utero.
Entry Version: GENET DIS INBORN
Entry Term(s): Genetic Diseases; Genetic Disorders; Hereditary Disease; Hereditary Diseases; Inborn Genetic Diseases; Single-Gene Defects
See Also: Genetics, Medical
Public MeSH Note: 2002; for HEREDITARY DISEASES see HEREDITARY DISEASES 1968-2001
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2016/06/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0010254
Scope Note: Diseases caused by genetic mutations that are inherited from a parent's genome.
Terms: Hereditary Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T019716
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1978); Genetic Disorders
Term UI T000898783
Date04/12/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Genetic Diseases
Term UI T000898784
Date04/12/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Hereditary Disease
Term UI T019715
Date05/28/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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