Repeat expansion diseases

Evidence-based neurology checklist on repeat expansion diseases: CAG trinucleotide repeat disorders Huntington’s disease (HD) Dentatorubral pallidolyusian atrophy (DRPLA) Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy disease) Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA 1,2,3,6,7,12,17) CTG trinucleotide repeat…

CAG trinucleotide repeat disorders

  • Huntington’s disease (HD)
  • Dentatorubral pallidolyusian atrophy (DRPLA)
  • Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy disease)
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA 1,2,3,6,7,12,17)

CTG trinucleotide repeat disorders

Other trinucleotide repeat disorders

Pentanucleotide repeat disorders

Other repeat disorders

References

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  5. Loureiro JR, Castro AF, Figueiredo AS, Silveira I. Molecular mechanisms in pentanucleotide repeat diseases. Cells 2022; 11:205. 
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