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late or variable onset

(layt … VAYR-ee-uh-bul …)
Refers to the age at which a disease phenotype is expressed in an individual who carries a pathogenic variant. Conditions with late or variable onset generally manifest later in life or at no fixed time over the course of a lifetime.
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