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Is Huntingtons disease a hereditary bleeding disorder passed from mother to child?
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∙ 13y ago
No. While it is a hereditary disease it is not at all a bleeding disorder, nor is it only passed by the mother.
It is a degenerative, neuropsychiatric disease that can be passed by either the mother or father. If the parent has it, the child's chance of inheritance is of the faulty gene is 50%.
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What is the medical term meaning hereditary bleeding disease in which there is a prolonged clotting time?
Hemophilia is the most well-known hereditary bleeding disorder. There are other hereditary bleeding disorders including von Willebrand's disease, Christmas disease, thrombocytopenia and others.
What category of genetic disorder is huntingtons disease?
Autosomal Dominant
What is a hereditary disorder caused by degenerative changes in the cerebrum?
Huntington disease
What is a hereditary disorder that is caused by degenerative changes in the cerebrum?
Huntington's Disease
Autosomal dominant genetic disorder?
An autosomal genetic disorder is Huntington's disease.
What causes huningtons disease?
Huntingtons disease is a genetic/inherited diesease. It is caused by a faulty allele (a dominant one), which can be inherited by parents. Spontanoius mutations may also occur which would cause the faulty gene and therefore huntingtons disorder.
Is general anxiety disorder a hereditary disease?
No, general anxiety disorder is not hereditary. But, there are many personal factors that may contribute to whether a person develops this disorder. whathappensifisuddenly stop takingzanaz h
Is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a hereditary disease?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy typically is a hereditary disease that can be inherited. The disorder has a variable presentation and carries a high incidence of sudden death.
What is an Armenian disease?
An Armenian disease is an alternative name for familial Mediterranean fever, a hereditary inflammatory disorder.
How can you tell if a trait is hereditary?
If something is a GENETIC disease (or disorder) it has to do with the body's chromosomes.
How does genetic factors lead to ill-health?
by inherited disorder from both or one parent, such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis, parkinsons disease, huntingtons disease etc.
Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects the nervous system If a man is heterozygous for the alleles that cause the condition and has children with a woman who lacks?
the man has huntingtons disease
