2008 International Conference on Ectodermal Dysplasias Classification: conference report.

ABSTRACT: There are many ways to classify ectodermal dysplasia syndromes. Clinicians in practice use a list of syndromes from which to choose a potential diagnosis, paging through a volume, such as Freire-Maia and Pinheiro's corpus, matching their patient's findings to listed syndromes. Medical researchers may want a list of syndromes that share one (monothetic system) or several (polythetic system) traits in order to focus research on a narrowly defined group. Special interest groups may want a list from which they can choose constituencies, and insurance companies and government agencies may want a list to determine for whom to provide (or deny) health-care coverage. Furthermore, various molecular biologists are now promoting classification systems based on gene mutation (e.g., TP63-associated syn

SUBMITTER: Salinas CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756677 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature