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Genetic anticipation in Portuguese kindreds with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy is unlikely to be caused by triplet repeat expansions.
Human genetics - 1 Jun 1999
Soares M, Buxbaum J, Sirugo G, Coelho T, Sousa A, Kastner D, Saraiva M J
Abstract excerpt
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a lethal autosomal dominant type of amyloidosis resulting from the deposition of transthyretin (ATTR) variants in the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems. ATTR V30M-associated FAP exhibits marked genetic anticipation in some families, with clinical symptoms developing at an earlier age in successive generations. The genetic basis of this phenomenon in FAP is...
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