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Descriptor English: Endophenotypes
Descriptor Spanish: Endofenotipos
Descriptor endofenotipos
Scope note: Marcadores biológicos (características fisiológicas, bioquímicas y anatómicas), conductuales (patrón psicométrico) o cognitivos mensurables que se encuentran con mayor frecuencia en los individuos que padecen una enfermedad que en la población general. Dado que muchos endofenotipos están presentes antes de que comience la enfermedad, y en individuos con riesgo heredable de padecer una enfermedad, como los miembros de una familia que no están afectados, pueden utilizarse como ayuda para el diagnóstico y para buscar los genes causantes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Endofenótipos
Descriptor French: Endophénotypes
Entry term(s): Endophenotype
Tree number(s): G05.695.224
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058068
Scope note: Measurable biological (physiological, biochemical, and anatomical features), behavioral (psychometric pattern) or cognitive markers that are found more often in individuals with a disease than in the general population. Because many endophenotypes are present before the disease onset and in individuals with heritable risk for disease such as unaffected family members, they can be used to help diagnose and search for causative genes.
Allowable Qualifiers: AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
ME metabolism
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Phenotype (2001-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Related: Biomarkers MeSH
DeCS ID: 54335
Unique ID: D058068
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Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2015/07/14
Endophenotypes - Preferred
Concept UI M0540686
Scope note Measurable biological (physiological, biochemical, and anatomical features), behavioral (psychometric pattern) or cognitive markers that are found more often in individuals with a disease than in the general population. Because many endophenotypes are present before the disease onset and in individuals with heritable risk for disease such as unaffected family members, they can be used to help diagnose and search for causative genes.
Preferred term Endophenotypes
Entry term(s) Endophenotype



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