On 27 May 1995, Graham Dellaire wrote:
> Other complex diseases mapped by linkage
> Cystic fibrosis (physical cloning)
> XLA
>> Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (functional and position cloning)
> Waardenburg syndrome
I wonder what is meant by "complex" here. I thought that cystic fibrosis
and Waardenburg syndrome were "simple" (recessive and dominant,
respectively) Mendelian disorders. What makes them complex? Is there
heterogeneity or what?
Thanks,
Mike
Michael B. Miller, M.S., Ph.D.
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Washington University School of Medicine
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