Huntington's disease in Greece: The experience of 14 years

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 586-590

  Panas, M ^a   Karadima, G ^a   Vassos, E ^a   Kalfakis, N ^a   Kladi, A ^a   Christodoulou, K ^b   Vassilopoulos, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Greece; Huntington's disease; Neurogenetic; Population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATN1 GENE; CAG REPEAT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC RISK; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GREECE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054886149     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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