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Very large (CAG)(n) DNA repeat expansions in the sperm of two spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 males.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Monckton D G, Cayuela M L, Gould F K, Brock G J, Silva R, Ashizawa T
Abstract excerpt
Genetic anticipation, i.e. increasing disease severity and decreasing age of onset from one generation to the next, is observed in a number of diseases, including myotonic dystrophy type 1, Huntington's disease and several of the spinocerebellar ataxias. All of these disorders are associated with the expansion of a trinucleotide repeat and array length is positively correlated with disease severity and inversely...
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