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What conditions are associated with chromosome #17?
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A bunch: On the medium-sized chromosome 17, there are about 1000 genes, many of which can become broken and cause disease, including neurofibromatosis type 1, charcot-marie-tooth, li-fraumini syndrome, miller-dieker lissencephaly, fronto-temporal dementia, familial mediterranean fever, and many others. The genetics home reference has more info and good links <a href="http://ghr.Nlm.Nih.Gov/chromosome/17" r.
Answered 3/19/2014
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