Haplotype analysis of the CAG and CCG repeats in 21 Brazilian families with Huntington's disease

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 796-803

  Agostinho, Luciana De A ^a,b   Rocha, Catielly F ^a   Medina Acosta, Enrique ^c   Barboza, Hazel N ^c   Da Silva, Antônio F Alves ^c   Pereira, Simão P F ^b   Da Silva, Iane Dos Santos ^a   Paradela, Eduardo R ^a   Figueiredo, André L Dos S ^a   Nogueira, Eduardo De M ^a   Alvarenga, Regina M P ^a   Hernan Cabello, Pedro ^d,e   Dos Santos, Suely R ^a   Paiva, Carmen L A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FAMINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; CCG repeats; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CHROMOSOME; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 84871483440     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.120     Document Type: Article

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