Huntington's disease: A molecular genetic and CT comparison

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-208

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a,d   Savy, Lloyd ^c   Britton, Juliet ^c   Taylor, Rohan ^b   Howick, Anne ^b   Patton, Michael ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Genetics; Huntington's disease; Neuroradiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030051393     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.2.206     Document Type: Article

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