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No association of the SCA1 (CAG)31 allele with Huntington's disease, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 2004
Hellenbroich Yorck, Kaulich Manuel, Opitz Sven, Schwinger Eberhard, Zühlke Christine
Abstract excerpt
Trinucleotide repeat expansions are the underlying mutation in several neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders including at least eight spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA). The molecular mechanisms of repeat expansion are as yet insufficiently understood. Recently, an association of the SCA1 (CAG)31 repeat allele with Huntington's disease and myotonic dystrophy type 1 was described. These findings implicate a...
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