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Frequency and distribution of polyQ disease intermediate-length repeat alleles in healthy Italian population.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jun 2020
Mongelli Alessia, Magri Stefania, Salvatore Elena, Rizzo Elena, De Rosa Anna, Fico Tommasina, Gatti Marta, Gellera Cinzia, Taroni Franco, Mariotti Caterina, Nanetti Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Huntington disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1-2-17 (SCA1-2-17) are adult-onset autosomal dominant diseases, caused by triplet repeat expansions in the HTT, ATXN1, ATXN2, and TBP genes. Alleles with a repeat number just below the pathological threshold are associated with reduced penetrance and meiotic instability and are defined as intermediate alleles (IAs). OBJECTIVES: We aimed to...
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