THE EFFECT OF MENDELIAN DISEASE ON HUMAN HEALTH - A MEASUREMENT
THE EFFECT OF MENDELIAN DISEASE ON HUMAN HEALTH - A MEASUREMENT
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10.1002/ajmg.1320210205
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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CHILDS, B
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COSTA, T;SCRIVER, CR;CHILDS, B
An attempt to measure effects of Mendelian phenotypes on human health (homesotasis) in man is described. The McKusick Catalogs were used as the source for descriptions of autosomal dominant, recessive and X-linked phenotypes. Entries (351) (76% of the initial sample) were disadaptive causing an impairment, disability, or handicap. (Terms used are in accordance with WHO definitions.) Phenotypic effects were scored to measure impact on life-span, reproductive capability and psychosocial characteristics. Of the disadaptive Mendelian phenotypes, 25% were apparent at birth and over 90% by the end of puberty; age at onset is unimodal in distribution for autosomal recessive and X-linked diseases and trimodal for autosomal dominant (with modes during morphogenesis, infancy and early adult life); 58% of phenotypes involved > 1 anatomical or functional system; autosomal dominants were more likely to involve only a single system; life-span was reduced in 57%, particularly in those with onset in pre- or intra-reproductive life and more often in recessive and X-linked diseases (data corrected for genetic lethals); prognosis varied with system involvement; reproductive capability was impaired in 69% of phenotypes; and most phenotypes compatible with life beyond infancy caused psychosocial handicap and limited the access to schooling and work. These findings have implications for medical care.