Congenital
Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_6592
Definition
Congenital describes properties or a defect that are present from birth onward, but is not necessarily genetic.
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© Springer-Verlag 2005
Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine
2006 Edition
Editors:
Detlev Ganten, Klaus Ruckpaul, Walter Birchmeier, Jörg T. Epplen, Klaus Genser, Manfred Gossen, Birgit Kersten, Hans Lehrach, Hartmut Oschkinat, Patrizia Ruiz, Peter Schmieder, Erich Wanker, Christiane Nolte