Diseases

Imprinting Disorders

Disorders caused by transcriptional silencing of one parental gene allele (imprinted gene). Imprinted genes show genetic expression from only one parent of the gene pair through epigenetic processes with no change in the DNA sequence.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Disorders caused by transcriptional silencing of one parental gene allele (imprinted gene). Imprinted genes show genetic expression from only one parent of the gene pair through epigenetic processes with no change in the DNA sequence.

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16 entry terms
  • Genetic Imprinting Disorders
  • Genomic Imprinting Disorders
  • Imprinting Diseases
  • Imprinting Syndromes
  • Disease, Imprinting
  • Disorder, Genetic Imprinting
  • Disorder, Genomic Imprinting
  • Disorder, Imprinting
  • Genetic Imprinting Disorder
  • Genomic Imprinting Disorder
  • Imprinting Disease
  • Imprinting Disorder
  • Imprinting Disorder, Genetic
  • Imprinting Disorder, Genomic
  • Imprinting Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Imprinting

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2024

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Previous Indexing

  • Genomic Imprinting (2021-2023)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Imprinting Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000096803. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000096803
  2. Imprinting Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124335970