Definition:
Transmission of any number of genetic traits from parent to offspring. Though researchers have yet to uncover exactly how a patient develops lupus, it is believed heredity is a risk factor.
Heredity
From Jeri Jewett-Tennant, MPH, for About.com
Updated: September 12, 2007
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