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Anticipation in myotonic dystrophy: a parental-sex-related phenomenon.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 1994
López de Munain A, Blanco A, Emparanza J I, Martí Massó J F, Cobo A, Basauri B, Martorell L, Baiget M, Martínez Lage J M
Abstract excerpt
We report anticipation in an extensive sample of myotonic dystrophy (MyD) kindreds taken from an epidemiological survey recently conducted in Guipúzcoa, Spain. Analysis of the parent-child pairs ascertained showed a mean anticipation of 2.86 decades (range 0-6). Greater anticipation occurred when the transmissor parent was the mother. These results suggest a possible sex-related effect in the transmission of the...
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