Trinucleotide repeat length and clinical progression in Huntington's disease

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 527-531

  Brandt, J ^a,b   Bylsma, F W ^a   Gross, R ^a   Stine, O C ^a   Ranen, N ^a   Ross, C A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029925184     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.2.527     Document Type: Article

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