Biology:Malformative syndrome

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A malformative syndrome (or malformation syndrome) is a recognizable pattern of congenital anomalies that are known or thought to be causally related (VIIth International Congress on Human Genetics).[1]

Causes

  • exogenous causes
    • exogenous toxic (teratogenetic agents)
    • ionizing radiations
    • fetal infections (maternofetal infections)
  • genetic causes (or intrinsic causes) (genetic malformative diseases)
  • gene mutations (monogenic malformative diseases)

See also

References

  1. Forci, K.; Alami, M. H.; Bouaiti, E.; Slaoui, M.; Alaoui, A. Mdaghri; Izgua, A. Thimou (June 2020). "Prevalence of congenital malformations at the "les Orangers" maternity and reproductive health Hospital of Rabat: descriptive study of 470 anomalies". BMC Pediatrics 3 (20): 272. doi:10.1186/s12887-020-02179-6. PMID 32493258.