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Multiple closely related individuals affected with the same condition,
particularly if the condition is rare
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Common
disorders with earlier age of onset than typical (especially if onset is early
in multiple family members). For example:
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Breast cancer < age 45-50 years (premenopausal)
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Colon
cancer <age 45-50 years
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Prostate cancer < age 50-60 years
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Vision loss < age 55 years
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Hearing loss < age 50-60
years
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Dementia < age 60 years
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Heart disease < age 40-50
years
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Bilateral
disease in paired organs (e.g.., eyes,
kidneys, lungs, breasts)
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Sudden cardiac
death in a person who seemed healthy
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Individual or couple with three or more pregnancy losses
(e.g.., miscarriages,
stillbirths)
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Medical problems in the offspring of parents who are consanguineous (first
cousins or
more
closely related)
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Two
or more seemingly unrelated medical conditions
(e.g..,
hearing loss and renal disease, diabetes and muscle disease)
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A
medical condition and dysmorphic features
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Developmental delay with dysmorphic features and/or physical birth anomalies
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Developmental delay associated with other medical conditions
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Progressive
mental retardation, loss of developmental milestones
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Progressive
behavioral problems
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Unexplained hypotonia
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A movement
disorder
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Unexplained seizures
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Unexplained
ataxia
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Two
or more major birth anomalies
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Three
or more minor birth anomalies
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One
major birth defect with two minor anomalies
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A
cleft palate, or cleft lip with or without cleft palate
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Unusual
birthmarks (particularly if associated with seizures, learning disabilities, or dysmorphic features)
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Hair
anomalies (hirsute, brittle, coarse, kinky, sparse or absent)
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Congenital or juvenile deafness
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Congenital or juvenile blindness
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Cataracts at a
young age
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Primary amenorrhea
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Ambiguous
genitalia
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Proportionate short stature with dysmorphic features and/or delayed or arrested
puberty
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Disproportionate short stature
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Premature ovarian failure
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Proportionate short stature and primary amenorrhea
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Males
with hypogonadism and/or significant gynecomastia
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Congenital absence of the vas deferens
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Oligozoospermia/azoospermia
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