DNA haplotype analysis of CAG repeat in Taiwanese Huntington's disease patients

European Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-100

  Wang, C K ^a,e   Wu, Y R ^b   Hwu, W L ^c   Chen, C M ^b   Ro, L S ^b   Chen, S T ^b   Gwinn Hardy, K ^g   Yang, C C ^c   Wu, R M ^c   Chen, T F ^c   Wang, H C ^d   Chao, M C ^f   Chiu, M J ^c   Lu, C J ^c   Lee Chen, G J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; CCG repeat; Dinucleotide repeat markers; Genotyping; Haplotype analysis; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOMES; FAMILY HEALTH; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 4644293999     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079938     Document Type: Article

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