Evidence for the GluR6 gene associated with younger onset age of Huntington's disease

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1330-1332

  MacDonald, M E ^a   Vonsattel, J P ^a   Shrinidhi, J ^a   Couropmitree, N N ^c   Cupples, L A ^b   Bird, E D ^a   Gusella, J F ^a   Myers, Richard H ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Huntington's disease; Modifier gene

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032867615     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.6.1330     Document Type: Article

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