Investigation of the potential role of genetic imprinting in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320510112

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Investigation of the potential role of genetic imprinting in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

American journal of medical genetics - 15 May 1994

Furtado S, Suchowersky O

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Genetic imprinting refers to the phenomenon whereby the precise expression of a specific trait (or disease) may depend on the sex of the transmitting parent. The purpose of the present project was to investigate the possibility for the involvement of genetic imprinting in Tourette syndrome (TS),...

Topics

Child
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Male
Parents
Phenotype
Sex Factors
Tourette Syndrome

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