A systematic review of the intergenerational aspects and the diverse genetic profiles of Huntington's disease

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1974-1981

  Agostinho, L A ^a,b   dos Santos, S R ^a   Alvarenga, R M P ^b   Paiva, C L A ^a,b  

^a Instituto Biomédico   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Huntington's disease; Intergenerational aspects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAZIL; CAG REPEAT; CHINA; CROATIA; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME SIZE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INDIA; ITALY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

ALLELES; AMERICAS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TURKEY;

EID: 84879137286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.June.13.6     Document Type: Article

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