Trinucleotide repeat expansion diseases Flashcards

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Try (trinuleotide)

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HUNTing for MY FRagile cage-FRee eggs(X)
Huntington disease
Myotonic dystrophy
Friedreich's ataxia
Fragile X-syndrome
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Huntington disease

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Caudate has decreased Ach and G*ABA

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Myotonic dystrophy

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Cataracts, Toupee, G*onadal atrophy

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Fragile X syndrome

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Chin (protruding), Giant G*onads

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Friedreich’s ataxia

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Ataxic GAA*it

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