Prevalence of adult Huntington's disease in the UK based on diagnoses recorded in general practice records

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1156-1160

  Evans, Stephen J W ^a   Douglas, Ian ^a   Rawlins, Michael D ^a   Wexler, Nancy S ^b,c   Tabrizi, Sarah J ^d   Smeeth, Liam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Hereditary Disease Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOREA MINOR; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATABASE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884594132     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304636     Document Type: Article

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