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Genetic anticipation in schizophrenia: pro and con.
Clinical neuroscience (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1995
Petronis A, Sherrington R P, Paterson A D, Kennedy J L
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Recently, it has been demonstrated that unstable trinucleotide repeats are the etiologic factor in myotonic dystrophy, fragile-X syndrome, Kennedy's disease, Huntington's disease, spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, and dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy. All available evidence suggests that these expanded trinucleotide repeats, or unstable DNA, are the biological basis of the clinical phenomenon of genetic...
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