A New Way to Classify Genetic Skin Disease

[摘要] Genetic disorders with skin manifestations often affect other organs as well, and diseases with a similar array of features might be linked pathogenetically. Classifying disorders by individual phenotypic components may reveal clusters with a common genetic cause and elucidate pathogenic links. If components are categorized inadequately, however, the method will simply confirm what is known, obscure true links, and suggest false ones.

[发布日期] 2009-11-01