Huntington's disease

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1237-1245

  Craufurd, David ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Huntington's disease; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4P; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030453446     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199612)16:13<1237::AID-PD98>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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