Huntington disease-like 2 (HDL2) in Venezuela: Frequency and ethnic origin

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-6

  Paradisi, Irene ^a   Ikonomu, Vassiliki ^a   Arias, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Abnormal movements; Ethnic origin; Genetic epidemiology; HDL2; Huntington disease like; Neurodegenerative disorders

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 3; ATN1 PROTEIN; ATX2 PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN; JUNCTOPHILIN 3; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TBP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE 2; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE SYNDROME; INTRON; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EXONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTRONS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84873033334     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.111     Document Type: Article

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