The likelihood of being affected with huntington disease by a particular age, for a specific CAG size

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1202-1210

  Brinkman, R R ^a   Mezei, M M ^a   Theilmann, J ^a   Almqvist, E ^a,b   Hayden, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0030935035     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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