Multifactorial inheritance
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In epidemiological terminology, multifactorial inheritance describes a pattern of predisposition for a disease process which is the result of multiple genetic alterations (mutations) , multiple environmental factors, or a combination of one or more of these two.
Examples of disease processes generally considered to be results of multifactorial etiology:
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