Maternal transmission in sporadic Huntington's disease

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 535-537

  Sánchez, Aurora ^a   Milà, Montserrat ^a   Castellví Bel, Sergi ^a   Rosich, Marcel ^b   Jiménez, Dolores ^a   Badenas, Celia ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Pius Hospital de Valls   (Spain)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; IT15 gene; Sporadic case

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0030949049     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.535     Document Type: Article

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