Look up: proband

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   Proband
   Term used to denote a particular subject (person or animal) being studied or reported on.
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   Proband
   Proband: The family member through whom a family's medical history comes to light. For example, a proband might be a baby with Down syndrome. The proband may also be called the index case, propositus (if male), or proposita (if female).
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   proband
   First patient to present with a disorder, usually heritable, and from whom the descent can be traced.
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   proband
   The family member through whom a family medically comes to light. The proband might for example be a baby with down syndrome. The proband may also be called the index case, propositus (if male) or proposita (if female). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   Proband
   `Proband` is the first affected family member who seeks medical attention for a genetic disorder. Between the ancestors of the proband, there are other subjects with the manifest disease, but they might be unknown due to the lack of information regarding those individuals or the disease at the time they lived. Other ancestors might be undiagnosed due to the incomplete penetrance or variable expressivity. The diagnostic of the proband raise the ...
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   proband
   (pro´band) an affected person ascertained independently of relatives in a genetic study. Called also propositus.
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   proband
   In human genetics, the patient or member of the family that brings a family under study. Syn: index case [L. probo, to test, prove]
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