Examples of Diseases Showing Anticipation
Diseases showing anticipation include:
- Autosomal Dominant
- Several spinal cerebellar ataxias
- Huntington's Disease – CAG
- Myotonic Dystrophy – CTG
- dyskeratosis congenita – TTAGGG (telomere repeat sequence)
- Autosomal Recessive
- Friedreich Ataxia – GAA (Note: Friedreich ataxia does not usually exhibit anticipation because it is an autosomal recessive disorder.)
- X-Linked
- Fragile X syndrome – CGG
- Without Expression Type
- Crohn's disease
- Behçet's disease
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