Presymptomatic tests in Huntington's disease and dominant ataxias

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-56

  Cannella, M ^a   Simonelli, M ^a   D'Alessio, C ^a   Pierelli, F ^a   Ruggieri, S ^a   Squitieri, F ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STANDARD; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AGE OF ONSET; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0035258138     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720170044     Document Type: Article

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