Genetic testing for Huntington's disease in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3 PART 1, 2008, Pages 193-194

  Krause, Amanda ^a   Greenberg, Jacquie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 42049084154     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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