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Pathology Genetics 899a4114

Myotonic dystrophy:

A
CTG trinucleotide repeats
B
Dystrophin 1
C
Dystrophin 2
D
CAG repeats
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. A. CTG trinucleotide repeatsExplanationMyotonic dystrophy is an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder associated with skeletal muscle weakness, cataracts, endocrinopathy, and cardiomyopathy. The disease is caused by expansions of CTG triplet repeats in the 3'-noncoding region of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) gene.

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