The Finnish Disease Heritage III: the individual diseases.
This article is the third and last in a series entitled The Finnish Disease Heritage I-III. All the 36 rare hereditary diseases belonging to this entity are described for clinical and molecular genetic purposes, based on the Finnish experience gathered over a period of half a century. In addition, five other diseases are mentioned. They may be included in the list of the "Finnish diseases" after adequate complementary studies.
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Department of Medical Genetics, The Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland. reijo.norio@kolumbus.fi
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology