Gene analysis of two families with Huntington disease

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Lin, Min Ting ^b   Gan, Shi Rui ^b   Chen, Wan Jin ^b   Lin, Yi ^b   Wang, Ning ^a   Wu, Zhi Ying ^b   Murong, Shen Xing ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Genes; Genetic techniques; Huntington disease; Repetitive sequence, nucleic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; IT15 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 42549136510     PISSN: 16726731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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