Heredity in disease

Heredity in Parkinson's disease: new findings.

Multiple factors have been hypothesized over the last century to be causative or contributory for Parkinson's disease. Hereditary factors have recently emerged as a major focus of Parkinson's disease research. Until recently most of the research on the etiology of Parkinson's disease concentrated on environmental factors, and the possibility that genetic factors contribute significantly to the ...

Heredity, Disease, and Man: Genetics in Medicine

conflict among rats, while Kawamura describes in detail his observations on aggressive behavior in free-ranging groups of Japanese monkeys. The aggressive behavior of whales is presented by K. S. Norris. Kaada gives a fine review of the neural basis of defense, attack, and flight. A review of the neurohumors affecting aggression is presented by Rothballer. Delgado describes the aggressive react...

Aspects of Human Heredity in Health and Disease

To the younger members of the Medical School this annual convocation is only one more incident to be endured in an overcrowded curriculum. To the undergraduate with so many new experiences and so much new knowledge continually forced upon him, the retrospect of even one year appears a long way off; and similarly the events to be of a year ahead are in the dim and distant future. However, after ...

Heredity in Ovarian Cystoma

Heredity in Ichthyosis

A case of advanced ichthyosis was recently admitted into the Windham Hospital. The family history as far as it could be elicited made it apparent that it was a disease of the males in the family transmitted through the females, the latter being immune. The patient's elder brother was suffering from the same disease, while his sisters were all free; his father did not suffer from it, nor his gra...