High incidence rate and absent family histories in one quarter of patients newly diagnosed with Huntington disease in British Columbia

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 198-205

  Almqvist, E W ^a   Elterman, D S ^a   MacLeod, P M ^b   Hayden, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of onset; CAG repeat; Diagnostic test; Family history; Huntington disease; Incidence; New mutation rate

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUTATION RATE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHERS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0034780024     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.600305.x     Document Type: Article

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