Also called complex disease, a disease that does not follow a single-gene inheritance pattern but instead arises from the combined effects of multiple genes acting together with environmental influences.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXVIII: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Sources
1. Wikipedia: Multifactorial disease
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Some common multifactorial disorders include schizophrenia, diabetes, asthma, depression, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's, obesity, epilepsy, heart diseases, Hypothyroidism, club foot, cancer, birth defects and even dandruff.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
3. Wikidata: Multifactorial disease
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Subclass of: genetic disease
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