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Thalassemia
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What is an Inherited inability to produce hemoglobin?
Thalassemia: An inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin, usually seen in persons of Mediterranean background.
What is thalesemmia entermedia?
Thalassemia Intermedia is a recessive trait inherited disease of the red blood cells. In thalassemia, the genetic defect results in reduced rate of synthesis of normal hemoglobin chains.
What kind of trait is spina bifida?
It is a birth defect and it is not inherited.
Is sickle-cell anemia a gentic defect affecting synthesis of hemoglobin chains?
yes
Is sickle cell anemia a gentic defect affecting synthesis of hemoglobin chains?
yes
What are the causes of the conginital form of mehtemoglobinemia?
One cause is a defect in the body's systems to reduce methemoglobin to hemoglobin. The other cause is a mutant form of hemoglobin called hemoglobin M that cannot bind to oxygen.
How is duane syndrome inherited?
I have it, it is actually not hereditary it is a birth defect. Extremely rare and completely random.
What gene is responsible for the majority of inherited mental retardation?
Fragile X, a defect in the chromosome that determines sex, is the most common inherited cause of mental retardation.
An inherited disease or disorder that is caused by a mutation in a gene or by a chromosomal defect?
There are many thousands of different mutations.
What is the growth defect in cells?
ask your momma
How common is morquio syndrome?
Morquio's Syndrome is a rare, usually inherited disease. The chances of getting this autosomal recessive birth defect is 1 in 200,000.
Is it possible for a man with straight pinkies and a woman with staright pinkies to have a child with bent pinkies?
Yes it is possible. It can be a birth defect or inherited by a grand parent
