Trinucleotide repeat analysis of Huntington's disease gene in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 122-127

  Law, H Y ^a   Ng, I S L ^b   Yoon, C S ^b   Zhao, Y ^b   Wong, M C ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphic; Presymptomatic diagnosis; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0035293698     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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