Gender differences in the CAG repeats and clinical picture correlations in Huntington's disease

Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688-694

  Zielonka, Daniel ^a,c   Niezgoda, A ^a   Olejniczak, M ^b   Krzyzosiak, W ^b   Marcinkowski, J ^a   Kozubski, W ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

CAG triplet repeats; Gender; Huntington's disease; UHDRS

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CASPASE ACTIVATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PROTEIN P53; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 57649152938     PISSN: 12107859     EISSN: 18024041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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