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CAG-repeat expansion in androgen receptor in Kennedy's disease is not a loss of function mutation.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 25 Mar 1996
Neuschmid-Kaspar F, Gast A, Peterziel H, Schneikert J, Muigg A, Ransmayr G, Klocker H, Bartsch G, Cato A C
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Expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats in androgen receptor gene is present in patients with a rare X-linked inherited form of motor neuron disorder termed Kennedy's disease or spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). This is a late onset progressive disease often associated with mild signs of androgen insensitivity. Defects in androgen receptor (AR) action have been linked to the expansion of the CAG...
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