Larger CAG expansions in skeletal muscle compared with lymphocytes in Kennedy disease but not in Huntington disease

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1442-1444

  Ansved, Tor ^a   Lundin, Anders ^a   Anvret, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031798247     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1442     Document Type: Article

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