CAG repeat contraction in the androgen receptor gene in three brothers with mental retardation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Kooy, R Frank ^a   Reyniers, Edwin ^a   Storm, Katrien ^a   Vits, Lieve ^a   Van Velzen, Désirée ^a   De Ruiter, Petra E ^b   Brinkmann, Albert O ^b   De Paepe, Anne ^c   Willems, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AR receptor; CAG repeat; Dynamic mutation; Mental retardation; Polyglutamine stretch; X linked

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KARYOTYPE; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; DNA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033066985     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990730)85:3<209::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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