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Limited expansion of the (CAG)n repeat of the Huntington gene: a premutation (?).
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 1994
Legius E, Cuppens H, Dierick H, Van Zandt K, Dom R, Fryns J P, Evers-Kiebooms G, Decruyenaere M, Demyttenaere K, Marynen P
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant disorder with choreic movements, psychiatric manifestations and cognitive dysfunction. Recently the IT15 gene on chromosome 4p has been identified containing an unstable and expanded trinucleotide repeat in patients with HD. We report on the characteristics of this repeat in 248 individuals from 41 Belgian HD families. The length of the expanded repeat was...
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