genetic disease
health problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome
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Summary
genetic disease is a class of disease[1]. It draws 3,378 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #285 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: hereditary disorder[3], disease[4]
- Commons category: Genetic diseases and disorders[5]
- Opposite of: environmental disease[6]
- Has cause: germline mutation[7], pathology[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Genetic diseases and disorders[9]
- ICD-9-CM: 799.89[10]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3101[11]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[12]
- Has list: list of genetic disorders[13]
- Age of onset: any age[14]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_630[15], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:630[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[17]
Why It Matters
genetic disease has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 186 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]