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Molecular re-investigation of patients with Huntington's disease in Wessex reveals a family with dentatorubral and pallidoluysian atrophy.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 1996
Connarty M, Dennis N R, Patch C, Macpherson J N, Harvey J F
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Dentatorubral and pallidolysian atrophy (DRPLA), a neurological disorder thought to be rare in European populations, is caused by a triplet repeat expansion in the B37 gene on chromosome 12. This disorder can phenotypically mimic Huntington's disease (HD) which is also caused by a repeat expansion. We have analysed 139 affected individuals for the HD triplet repeat expansion and found 132 patients had one normal...
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