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Genetics

Kennedy's disease is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern.

The gene for the androgen receptor is located on the X chromosome (Xq11-q12), making it a sex-linked disease, thus KD generally affects males. Females are rarely affected; female carriers tend to have a relatively mild expression of the disease if they show symptoms at all.