Clinical evidence of genomic imprinting in Tourette's syndrome.

doi:10.1212/wnl.45.5.924

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Clinical evidence of genomic imprinting in Tourette's syndrome.

Neurology - 1 May 1995

Lichter D G, Jackson L A, Schachter M

Abstract excerpt

Recent genetic studies of Tourette's syndrome (TS) have suggested a sex-specific expression of TS behaviors but not a sex-associated difference in their transmission. In a retrospective study designed to assess the influence of gender of the affected parent on childhood TS phenotype, we compared...

Topics

Adolescent
Child
Female
Genomic Imprinting
Humans
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Phenotype
Retrospective Studies
Tourette Syndrome

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