Phenocopy Diseases: Their Relationship to Rare Diseases and Common Diseases
In June, 2014, my book, entitled Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs: Keys to Understanding and Treating the Common Diseases was published by Elsevier. The book builds the argument that our best chance of curing the common diseases will come from studying and curing the rare diseases. Phenocopy diseases are medical conditions that closely mimic a genetic disease, but are caused or triggered by an environmental factor. In many cases, phenocopy diseases are non-hereditary and acute. In some cases, the phenocopy disease is reversible when the environmental trigger is removed or when an appropriate treatment is applied. Here is j...
Source: Specified Life - July 5, 2014 Category: Pathologists Tags: arrhythmia common disease complex disease disease biology genetic disease heart block orphan disease orphan drugs pathogenesis phenocopy disease rare disease Source Type: blogs
