We describe an attempt to measure efficacy of treatment in the Mendelian diseases of man. We used the McKusick Catalogs to identify 351 single gene diseases. We scored the impact of each disease in seven phenotypic categories: lifespan, reproductive capability, somatic growth, intellectual developme
The effect of Mendelian disease on human health: A measurement
β Scribed by Costa, Teresa ;Scriver, Charles R. ;Childs, Barton ;Opitz, John M. ;Reynolds, James F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 700 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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