Pale implies a faintness or absence of color, which may be natural when applied to things, the pale blue of a violet, but when used to refer to the human face usually means an unnatural and often temporary absence of color, as arising from sickness or sudden emotion: pale cheeks.
This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of the altered gene in each cell is sufficient to cause the disorder. In most cases, an affected person has one parent with the condition.
Autosomal recessive. adjective Referring to a mode of inheritance of a trait or disorder which is passed from one generation to the next in the face of homozygosity.utosomal recessive. adjective Referring to a mode of inheritance of a trait or disorder which is passed from one generation to the next in the face of homozygosity.