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Distribution of the B33 CTG repeat polymorphism in a subtype of schizophrenia.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1998
Bengel D, Balling U, Stöber G, Heils A, Li S H, Ross C A, Jungkunz G, Franzek E, Beckmann H, Riederer P, Lesch K P
Abstract excerpt
Clinical evidence for a dominant mode of inheritance and anticipation in periodic catatonia, a distinct subtype of schizophrenia, suggests that trinucleotide repeat expansions may be involved in the aetiology of this disorder. Since genes with triplet repeats are putative canditates for causing schizophrenia, we have analysed the polymorphic B33 CTG repeat locus on chromosome 3 in 45 patients with periodic...
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