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Prevalence of Huntington's disease gene CAG trinucleotide repeat alleles in patients with bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorders - 1 Jun 2015
Ramos Eliana Marisa, Gillis Tammy, Mysore Jayalakshmi S, Lee Jong-Min, Alonso Isabel, Gusella James F, Smoller Jordan W, Sklar Pamela, MacDonald Marcy E, Perlis Roy H
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OBJECTIVES: Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor, cognitive, and psychiatric symptoms that are caused by huntingtin gene (HTT) CAG trinucleotide repeat alleles of 36 or more units. A greater than expected prevalence of incompletely penetrant HTT CAG repeat alleles observed among individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder raises the possibility that another mood...
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