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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy: ligand-dependent pathogenesis and therapeutic perspectives.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 May 2004
Katsuno Masahisa, Adachi Hiroaki, Tanaka Fumiaki, Sobue Gen
Abstract excerpt
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a late-onset motor neuron disease characterized by proximal muscle atrophy, weakness, contraction fasciculations, and bulbar involvement. SBMA exclusively affects males, while females are usually asymptomatic. The molecular basis of SBMA is the expansion of a trinucleotide CAG repeat, which encodes the polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the first exon of the androgen...
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