Structured Summary
Abstract
Clinical conditions caused by an abnormal chromosome constitution in which there is extra or missing chromosome material (either a whole chromosome or a chromosome segment). (from Thompson et al., Genetics in Medicine, 5th ed, p429)
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Narrower headings
- 22q11 Deletion Syndrome
- Angelman Syndrome
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome
- Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
- De Lange Syndrome
- Down Syndrome
- Holoprosencephaly
- Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
- Sex Chromosome Disorders
- Silver-Russell Syndrome
- Smith-Magenis Syndrome
- Sotos Syndrome
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome
- Trisomy 18 Syndrome
- WAGR Syndrome
- Williams Syndrome
- Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
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Synonyms
14 entry terms
- Chromosomal Disorders
- Chromosome Abnormality Disorders
- Chromosomal Disorder
- Chromosome Abnormality Disorder
- Chromosome Disorder
- Disorder, Chromosomal
- Disorder, Chromosome
- Disorder, Chromosome Abnormality
- Disorders, Chromosomal
- Disorders, Chromosome
- Autosomal Chromosome Disorders
- Autosomal Chromosome Disorder
- Chromosome Disorder, Autosomal
- Chromosome Disorders, Autosomal
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Aspects Covered
34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific numbered chromosome
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History Note
2002; see CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1978-1995
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Previous Indexing
- Chromosome Abnormalities (1964-2001)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chromosome Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D025063. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D025063
- Chromosome Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomal_disease
- Chromosome Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4501577