[The inheritance of senile macule degeneration].
Senile macular degeneration is due very often, if not always, to a genetic factor, as it is demonstrated by the concordance in monozygotic twins. The inheritance is iether autosomal recessive or and more frequently autosomal dominant. The penetrance and the expressivity of the gene of senile macular degeneration is variable, but the appearance of various forms in the same family demonstrates that there is no fundamental difference between these forms.
D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*
L'hérédité des dégénérescences maculaires séniles.