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C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions are not a common cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Apr 2017
Arthur Karissa C, Rivera Alberto M, Samuels Jack, Wang Ying, Grados Marco, Goes Fernando S, Maher Brion, Nestadt Gerald, Traynor Bryan J
Abstract excerpt
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a polygenic neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. The pathogenic repeat expansion [GGGGCC]n found at the C9orf72 locus is the most common cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and has also been documented in patients with psychosis and schizophrenia. Furthermore, obsessions...
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