Molecular detection of new mutations, resolution of ambiguous results and complex genetic counseling issues in Huntington disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-286

  Alford, R L ^a   Ashizawa, T ^a   Jankovic, J ^a   Caskey, C T ^a,b,c   Richards, C S ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CAG expansion; CAG repeat; Huntington disease; sporadic Huntington disease

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4P; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK;

FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0030444263     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961218)66:3<281::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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