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Table 215.2

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   Recognizable Genetic Conditions

Mendelian (single-gene) disorders
Autosomal dominant
 Achondroplasia
 Marfan's syndrome
 Retinoblastoma
 Neurofibromatosis
 Huntington's chorea
 Polycystic kidney disease (adult type)
Autosomal recessive
 Albinism
 Cystic fibrosis
 Galactosemia
 Phenylketonuria
 Sickle cell anemia
 Thalassemia
Sex-linked dominant
 Hypophosphatemia
 Amelogenesis imperfecta
 Goltz's syndrome
 Bipolar depressive psychosis
 Oral-facial-digital syndrome I
Sex-linked recessive
 Color blindness
 Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
 G6PD deficiency
 Hemophilia A and B
 Fabry's disease
Multifactorial disorders
Asthma
Diabetes mellitus
Clubfoot
Anencephaly, spina bifida
Congenital hip dislocation
Pyloric stenosis
Cleft lip/palate
Schizophrenia
Chromosomal aberrations
Numerical
 Down's syndrome (94%)
 Klinefelter's syndrome (85%)
 Turner's syndrome (90%)
Structural
 Down's syndrome (3%)
 Cri du chat syndrome
 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
Mosaicism
 Down's syndrome (3%)
 Klinefelter's syndrome (15%)
 Turner's syndrome (10%)