Epidemiology of Huntington's disease in Slovenia

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 371-375

  Peterlin, B ^a,b   Kobal, J ^a   Teran, N ^a   Flisar, D ^a   Lovrecic L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; movement disorders; neurodegenerative disorders; neuroepidemiology; neurogenetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MUTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLOVENIA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SLOVENIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 65649125624     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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