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Different phenotypes of Friedreich's ataxia within one 'pseudo-dominant' genealogy: relationships between trinucleotide (GAA) repeat lengths and clinical features.
European journal of neurology - 1 Sept 2000
Illarioshkin S N, Bagieva G K, Klyushnikov S A, Ovchinnikov I V, Markova E D, Ivanova-Smolenskaya I A
Abstract excerpt
We examined a large Turkmen family with 'pseudo-dominant' inheritance of Friedreich's ataxia resulting from consanguineous marriage of a Friedreich's ataxia patient to a heterozygote carrying an ancestral mutated allele. Two distinct phenotypes of the disease co-segregated within this genealogy. Two brothers from the younger generation exhibited 'classical' Friedreich's ataxia with onset of symptoms before 10...
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