Common Diseases to Inheritance Pattern Flashcards

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Ataxia telangiectasia

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Autosomal recessive

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Abetalipoproteinaemia

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Autosomal recessive

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Achondroplasia

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Autosomal dominant

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Adult polycystic kidney disease

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Mostly, Autosomal dominant (AD) >>> ADPKD

(Few cases are AR >>> ARPKD)

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Albinism, Oculocutaneous albinism, Ocular albinism

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Albinism, Oculocutaneous albinism: Autosomal recessive

Ocular albinism: X-linked recessive

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Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (Emphysema)

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Autosomal Recessive

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Antithrombin III deficiency

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Autosomal dominant

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Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)

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X-linked Recessive

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Alport syndrome

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X-linked dominant (in 85% cases)

(in 10-15% cases it is Autosomal recessive, 1% autosomal dominant)

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Activated protein C resistance (Factor V leiden disease)

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Autosomal dominant

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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

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Autosomal dominant

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Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome (APS) type 1 = MENDAC (Multiple endocrine deficiency autoimmune candidiasis)

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Autosomal Recessive

(Type 2 is not; that’s polygenic)

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Bartter’s syndrome

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Autosomal recessive

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Becker muscular dystrophy

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X-linked recessive

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Beta thalassemia

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Autosomal Recessive

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Brugada syndrome

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Autosomal dominant

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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT)

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Autosomal dominant (mainly)

(Some cases are AR)

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Crigler Najjar syndrome

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Autosomal Recessive

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

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Autosomal Recessive

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Cowden’s syndrome

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Autosomal dominant

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Cystic Fibrosis

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Autosomal Recessive

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Cystinuria

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Autosomal Recessive

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Color blindness

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X-linked Recessive

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Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (CEP)

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Autosomal recessive

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Deafness

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Autosomal Recessive

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Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy

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Autosomal dominant, trinucleotide/triplet repeat disorder

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Dubin Johnson syndrome

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Autosomal Recessive

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Duchene muscular dystrophy

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X-linked Recessive

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Ehlers Danlos syndrome

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Autosomal Dominant

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30
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Fabry’s disease

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X-linked recessive

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Factor VII deficiency

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Autosomal recessive

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

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Autosomal dominant

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Familial glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism (Familial GRA)

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Autosomal dominant

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Familial hyperchylomicronaemia (type I dyslipidaemia)

(dyslipidaemia=hyperlipidaemia=hyperlipoproteinaemia)

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Autosomal recessive

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (type IIA dyslipidaemia)

(dyslipidaemia=hyperlipidaemia=hyperlipoproteinaemia)

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Autosomal dominant

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Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) (Type IIB dyslipidaemia)

(dyslipidaemia=hyperlipidaemia=hyperlipoproteinaemia)

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Autosomal dominant

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Familial Remnant hyperlipidaemia/Broad-beta disease/Dysbetalipoproteinemia) (type III dyslipidaemia)

(dyslipidaemia=hyperlipidaemia=hyperlipoproteinaemia)

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Autosomal dominant (mainly)

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Familial primary hypertriglyceridaemia (Type IV dyslipidaemia)

(dyslipidaemia=hyperlipidaemia=hyperlipoproteinaemia)

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Autosomal dominant

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Familial mixed hypertriglyceridaemia (Type V dyslipidaemia)

(dyslipidaemia=hyperlipidaemia=hyperlipoproteinaemia)

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Autosomal dominant/recessive

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40
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Familial mediterranean fever

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Autosomal recessive

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41
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Familial Juvenile polyposis

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Autosomal dominant

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42
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Fanconi anaemia/syndrome

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Autosomal recessive

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43
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Friedreich’s ataxia

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Autosomal recessive, trinucleotide/triplet repeat disorder

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Fabry’s disease

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X-linked recessive

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45
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Fragile X syndrome

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Complex X-linked, Trinucleotide/triplet repeat disorder

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46
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G6PD deficiency

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X-linked recessive

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47
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Gardner syndrome

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Autosomal dominant

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48
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Galactosaemia

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Autosomal recessive

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49
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Gaucher disease

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Autosomal recessive

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50
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Gilbert’s syndrome

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Autosomal recessive

(matter of debate, some says AD)

51
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Gitelman’s syndrome

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Autosomal recessive

52
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Glycogen storage diseases

A

Autosomal recessive

53
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Gunther disease

A

Autosomal recessive

54
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Haemochromatosis

A

Autosomal recessive

55
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Homocystinuria

A

Autosomal recessive

56
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Hereditary haemorrhagic telacgiectasia ( = Osler Weber Rendu syndrome)

A

Autosomal dominant

57
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Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN), including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

A

Autosomal dominant

58
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Hereditary spherocytsis

A

Autosomal dominant

59
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Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC)

A

Autosomal dominant

60
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Huntington’s disease

A

Autosomal dominant, triculeotide/triplet repeat disorder

61
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Hyperlipidaemia type II

A

Autosomal dominant

62
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Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis

A

Autosomal dominant

63
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Haemophilia A, B

A

X-linked recessive

64
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Hunter’s syndrome

A

X-linked recessive

65
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Hurler’s syndrome

A

Autosomal recessive

66
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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

A

Autosomal dominant

67
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Incontinentia pigmenti

A

X-linked dominant

68
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Inherited breast cancer

A

Autosomal dominant

69
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Inherited ovarian cancer

A

Autosomal dominant

70
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Inherited Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)

A

Autosomal dominant

71
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Kallman syndrome

A

X-linked recessive

72
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Kennedy disease (Spinobulbar muscular atrophy, bulbospinal neuropathy)

A

X-linked recessive, trinucleotide/triplet repeat disorder

73
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Kearns-sayre syndrome

A

Mitochondrial disease

74
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

A

X-linked recessive

75
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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

A

Autosomal recessive

76
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Lipid storage diseases: Tay-Sach’s, Gaucher, Niemann-Pick

A

Autosomal recessive

77
Q

LHON (Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy)/ Leber’s optic atrophy

A

Mitochondrial disease

78
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Liddle’s syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

79
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Li-Fraumani syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

80
Q

Lawrence-Moon-Biedl syndrome

A

Autosomal recessive

81
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Maple syrup urine disease

A

Autosomal recessive

82
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MELAS syndrome

A

Mitochondrial disease

83
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MERRF syndrome

A

Mitochondrial disease

84
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Mucopolysaccharidoses (except Hunter’s)

A

Autosomal recessive

85
Q

Marfan syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

86
Q

MODY (Maturity onset diabetes mellitus)

A

Autosomal dominant

87
Q

MEN (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia)

A

Autosomal dominant

88
Q

Myotonic dystrophy

A

Autosomal dominant, triculeotide/triplet repeat disorder

89
Q

NARP (Neuropathy, Ataxia, Retinitis pigmentosa)

A

Mitochondrial disease

90
Q

Noonan’s syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

91
Q

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

A

X-linked recessive,

(Sometimes autosomal recessive/dominant)

92
Q

Niemann Pick disease

A

Autosomal recessive

93
Q

Osteogenesis imperfecta

A

Autosomal dominant (Type I to V: main types)

(Further types: VI to XV can be AR, less common)

94
Q

Ocular myopathy

A

Autosomal dominant

95
Q

Pearson syndrome

A

Mitochondrial disease

96
Q

Pendred’s syndrome

A

Autosomal recessive

97
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

98
Q

Phenylketonuria, PKU

A

Autosomal recessive

99
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Porphyria: Acute intermittent porphyria/Hepatic porphyrias

A

Autosomal dominant

100
Q

Porphyria: PCT (Porphyria Cutanea Tarda)

A

Autosomal dominant

101
Q

Porphyria: Variegate porphyria

A

Autosomal dominant

102
Q

Porphyria: CEP (Congenital Erythropoietic porphyria)

A

Autosomal recessive

103
Q

Protein C deficiency

A

Autosomal dominant

104
Q

Pseudohypoparathyroidism

A

Autosomal dominant

105
Q

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum

A

Autosomal Recessive

(Few cases are AD)

106
Q

Retinoblastoma

A

Autosomal dominant

107
Q

Romano-Ward syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

108
Q

Retinitis pigmentosa

A

X-linked recessive

(Also possible AR, AD, MD)

109
Q

Rett syndrome

A

X-linked dominant

110
Q

Ricket’s (vitamin D resistant ricket’s)

A
111
Q

Rotor syndrome

A

Autosomal recessive

112
Q

Spinocerebellar ataxia

A

Autosomal dominant, trinucleotide/triplet repeat disorder

113
Q

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)

A

X-linked recessive

114
Q

Sickle cell anaemia

A

Autosomal recessive

115
Q

Tay-Sach’s disease

A

Autosomal recessive

116
Q

Thalassemias

A

Autosomal recessive

117
Q

Tuberous sclerosis

A

Autosomal dominant

118
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Usher’s syndrome

A

Mitochondrial disease

119
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Von Hippel Lindau syndrome

A

Autosomal dominant

120
Q

Von Willebrand’s disease

A

type 1 & 2: Autosomal dominant

type 3: Autosomal recessive

121
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

A

X-linked recessive

122
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Wilson’s disease

A

Autosomal recessive

123
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Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW syndrome)

A

Autosomal dominant