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maladie de Kennedy [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

There is a form of the disease [spinal muscular atrophy (SMA]) known as X-linked spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), also known as Kennedy's disease, that arises from a defect in a gene called the androgen receptor gene on the X chromosome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

La maladie de Kennedy ou atrophie musculaire spinale et bulbaire résulte de la multiplication d'un codon : CAG dans le gène. Il y a de 11 à 33 copies de ce codon chez les personnes non atteintes et 40-62 chez les malades.

Key term(s)
  • amyotrophie spino-bulbaire
  • atrophie musculaire spino-bulbaire

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