A patient with early onset Huntington disease and severe cerebellar atrophy

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 598-601

  Sakazume, Satoru ^a   Yoshinari, Satoshi ^b   Oguma, Eiji ^b   Utsuno, Emi ^c   Ishii, Takuma ^c   Narumi, Yoko ^a   Shiihara, Takashi ^a   Ohashi, Hirofumi ^b  

^a Gumna Children S Medical Center   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; Cerebellar atrophy; Juvenile Huntington disease; Maternal expansion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INHERITANCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SYMPTOM;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; ATROPHY; BASE SEQUENCE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTHERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 63749106385     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32707     Document Type: Article

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