Examples of multifactorial traits
Multifactorial disorders may be continuous or discontinuous.
For the multifactorial traits listed, it is difficult to extricate the effects of environment from those of genes.
Examples include:
- cleft lip and palate
- congenital dislocation of the hip
- mood disorders
- diabetes insipidus
- diabetes mellitus
- epilepsy
- gallstones
- hypertension
- hyperthyroidism
- ischaemic heart disease
- multiple sclerosis
- psoriasis
- pyloric stenosis
- sarcoidosis
- schizophrenia
- senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type
- spina bifida
- talipes equinovarus
Related pages
- Cleft lip and palate
- Congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH)
- Mood
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes insipidus
- Epilepsy
- Gallstones
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Coronary artery disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Psoriasis
- Pyloric stenosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Schizophrenia
- Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type
- Spina bifida
- Congenital club-foot
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