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CAG repeats of CTG18.1 and KCNN3 in Korean patients with bipolar affective disorder.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Sept 2001
Jin D K, Hwang H Z, Oh M R, Kim J S, Lee M, Kim S, Lim S W, Seo M Y, Kim J H, Kim D K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Trinucleotide repetition combined with variable penetrance of expression could be responsible for the complex transmission pattern observed in bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of excess longer allele of KCNN3 and CTG18.1 in the patients with BPAD. METHODS: CAG/CTG repeat distribution in KCNN3, CTG 18.1 and ERDA1 was examined and the copy...
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