DNA analysis of Huntington's disease: Five years of experience in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 801-806

  Laccone, F ^h   Engel, U ⁱ   Holinski Feder, E ^a   Weigell Weber, M ⁱ   Marczinek, K ^b   Nolte, D ⁱ   Morris Rosendahl, D J ⁱ   Zuhlke C ⁱ   Fuchs, K ^c   Weirich Schwaiger, H ^d   Schluter G ^e   Von Beust, G ⁱ   Vieira Saecker, A M M ^g   Weber, B H F ^f   Riess, O ^g  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Inst of Med Biol and Hum Genet   (Austria)

^e Laboratory of Professor Seelig   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Austria; DNA analysis; Germany; Huntington's disease; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033546889     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.4.801     Document Type: Article

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