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A genetic study of the FMR1 gene in a Sardinian multiple sclerosis population.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Dec 2015
Lorefice L, Tranquilli S, Fenu G, Murru M R, Frau J, Rolesu M, Coghe G C, Marrosu F, Marrosu M G, Cocco E
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune disease originated from the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. An overlap of clinical and neuroradiological parameters has been described between MS and an adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder, the fragile-X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). This syndrome is caused by a trinucleotide premutation expansion of a CGG sequence in the 55-200...
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