Article
Triplet repeats in clinical subtypes of schizophrenia: variation at the DRPLA (B 37 CAG repeat) locus is not associated with periodic catatonia.
Journal of neural transmission. General section - 1 Jan 1994
Lesch K P, Stöber G, Balling U, Franzek E, Li S H, Ross C A, Newman M, Beckmann H, Riederer P
Abstract excerpt
Clinical evidence for a dominant mode of inheritance and anticipation in periodic catatonia, a distinct subtype of schizophrenia, indicates that genes with triplet repeat expansions or other unstable repetitive elements affecting gene expression may be involved in the etiology of this disorder. Because patients affected with dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) may present with "schizophrenic" symptoms,...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Probes
- Molecular Sequence Data
