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The GAA repeat expansion in intron 1 of the frataxin gene is related to the severity of cardiac manifestation in patients with Friedreich's ataxia.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jan 2001
Bit-Avragim N, Perrot A, Schöls L, Hardt C, Kreuz F R, Zühlke C, Bubel S, Laccone F, Vogel H P, Dietz R, Osterziel K J
Abstract excerpt
Friedreich's ataxia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by spinocerebellar degeneration. It is caused by an unstable GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion (>120 repeats) in the first intron of the frataxin gene on chromosome 9 (9q13) in both alleles. Concentric left ventricular hypertro...
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