Parent-of-origin differences of mutant HTT CAG repeat instability in Huntington's disease

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Aziz, N Ahmad ^a   Van Belzen, Martine J ^a   Coops, Ilona D ^a   Belfroid, René D M ^a   Roos, Raymund A C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAG repeat instability; Huntington's disease; Normal allele; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAG REPEAT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MUTANT; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; PATERNALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PENETRANCE; SEX FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960081472     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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