Anticipation in Myotonic Dystrophy: A Parental-Sex-Related Phenomenon
作者:
A.L. López de Munain,
A. Blanco,
J.I. Emparanza,
J.F. Martí Massó,
A. Cobo,
B. Basauri,
L. Martorell,
M. Baiget,
J.M. Martínez Lage,
期刊:
Neuroepidemiology
(Karger Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 1-2
页码: 75-78
ISSN:0251-5350
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1159/000110362
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Myotonic dystrophy;Anticipation;Sex-related genetic effect
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
We report anticipation in an extensive sample of myotonic dystrophy (MyD) kindreds taken from an epidemiological survey recently conducted in Guipúzcoa, Spain. Analysis of the parent-child pairs ascertained showed a mean anticipation of 2.86 decades (range 0–6). Greater anticipation occurred when the transmissor parent was the mother. These results suggest a possible sex-related effect in the transmission of the MyD gene, and are in agreement with recent discoveries at the molecular lev
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