Estimating decreased risks for Huntington disease without a test

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-287

  Timman, Reinier ^a,b   Bonke, Benno ^a   Stijnen, Theo ^b   Tibben, Aad ^a,b   Maat Kievit, Anneke ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age at onset; CAG repeat length anticipation; Cox regression; Huntington disease; Residual risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 41049088154     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9224-8     Document Type: Article

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