Molecular analysis of the (CAG)n repeat causing huntington's disease in 34 Iranian families

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-57

  Hormozian, F ^a   Houshmand, M ^a,c   Sanati, M H ^a   Ghiasvand, R ^b   Banoie, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Huntington Disease; Iranian Families; Molecular test

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IRAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

IRANIA;

EID: 12344285383     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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