Incidence and mutation rates of Huntington's disease in Spain: Experience of 9 years of direct genetic testing

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Ramos Arroyo, M A ^a   Moreno, S ^a   Valiente, A ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 14544284039     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.036806     Document Type: Article

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