Familial influence on age of onset among siblings with huntington disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 399-403

  Rosenblatt, Adam ^a,d   Brinkman, R R ^b   Liang, K Y ^c   Almqvist, E W ^b   Margolis, R L ^a   Huang, C Y ^c   Sherr, M ^a   Franz, M L ^a   Abbott, M H ^a   Hayden, M R ^b   Ross, C A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Hereditary; Neurodegenerative; Sibling pairs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CHROMOSOME 4; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0035827818     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1400     Document Type: Article

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