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X-linked: (noun) a term used in genetics to describe genes located on the X chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes in humans and other mammals
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- Associated with the X chromosome.
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X-linked recessive conditions mainly affect males.
This syndrome is x-linked so only males are affected.
X-linked alpha thalassemia mental retardation syndrome.
It is the only x-linked lipid storage disease.
X-linked traits are not passed from father to son.
When the condition predominantly affects males in the pedigree it is considered x-linked.
X-linked mental retardation and macroorchidism.
Possible indications of using only gender determination for other x-linked diseases are becoming exceptional.
X-linked hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius.
Conversely, the presence of palpable lymph nodes and easily visible tonsils essentially excludes x-linked agammaglobulinemia.
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy is the most common peroxisomal disorder.
It is considered X-linked dominant with male carriers.
X-linked recessive spinocerebellar ataxia.
Most instances are X-linked or autosomal recessive.
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.
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There is also known an X-linked form of albinism.
X-linked recessive inheritance pattern when the mother is affected.
All dystrophinopathies are inherited in an X-linked recessive manner.
X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets.
Aarskog syndrome is transmitted in an X-linked recessive manner.
X-linked dominant inheritance will show the same phenotype as a heterozygote and homozygote.
Barth syndrome is transmitted in an X-linked recessive pattern.
Both of these are x-linked recessive diseases meaning they almost exclusively affect males.
Hereditary or congenital sideroblastic anemia may be X-linked or autosomal.
An x-linked recessive hepatic glycogen storage disease resulting from lack of expression of phosphorylase-b-kinase activity.
Mutations in this gene cause X-linked dyskeratosis congenita.
Deficiency of this enzyme may be transmitted as an X-linked trait.
Fabry disease is an X-linked genetic disorder.
It is an X-linked recessive disorder and thus affects mostly males.
Each male was found to have a X-linked recessive inheritance.
Many of these disorders are hereditary and are autosomal recessive or X-linked.
In certain embodiments, the phenotype of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy is cerebral.
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency is caused by mutations in the IL2RG gene.
This must be considered when studying X-linked diseases.
Transmission follows an X-linked dominant pattern with variable penetrance.
Norrie disease is inherited in an X-linked manner.
Properdin deficiency is a rare X-linked disease in which properdin is deficient.
X-linked inheritance The sex chromosomes are different from the autosomes.
Other forms of polymicrogyriaappear to have an X-linked pattern of inheritance.
Two common examples are X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and peroxisome biogenesis disorders.
The brain seems particularly vulnerable to X-linked malfunction.
A son can inherit an X-linked recessive allele from his father.
Both diseases are associated with recessive X-linked inheritance.
Since Hunter syndrome is an X-linked recessive disorder, it preferentially affects male patients.
The syndrome is strongly believed to be inherited in an X-linked recessive manner.
Most cases are X-linked recessive but there may be as many as three types.
These findings corroborate the diagnosis of X-linked juvenile retinoschisis.
Both the conditions are X-linked and virtually all sufferers of hemophilia are males.
Inheritance is thought to be X-linked recessive.
In X-linked familial cases, carrier testing for female relatives can be performed.
