Huntington's disease: Confirmation of diagnosis and presymptomatic testing in Spanish families by genetic analysis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 625-627

  Sánchez, Aurora ^a   Castellví Bel, Sergi ^a   Milà, Montserrat ^a   Genís, David ^c   Calopa, Matilde ^b   Jiménez, Dolores ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

(CAG)(n) repeat; Huntington's disease; IT15 gene

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0030477533     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.6.625     Document Type: Article

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