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Neuroreceptor subunit genes and the genetic susceptibility to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Nov 1997
Brett P M, Curtis D, Robertson M M, Gurling H M
Abstract excerpt
Segregation studies have shown that Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) is probably transmitted as an autosomal dominant gene disorder and can therefore be studied by classical linkage analysis to identify susceptibility loci. Many neurotransmitter systems have been implicated in the etiology of GTS. Most recently the alpha-1 subunit of the glycine receptor etiologically responsible for hyperekplexia has been...
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