Huntington disease: DNA analysis in brazilian population

Huntington disease: DNA analysis in brazilian population

Huntington disease (HD) is associated with expansions of a CAG trinucleotide repeat in the HD gene. Accurate measurement of a specific CAG repeat sequence in the HD gene in 92 Brazilian controls without HD, 44 Brazilian subjects with clinical findings suggestive of HD and 40 individuals from 6 putat...

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Main Authors: RASKIN SALMO, ALLAN NASSER, TEIVE HÉLIO A.G., CARDOSO FRANCISCO, HADDAD MÔNICA SANTORO, LEVI GILBERTO, BOY RAQUEL, LERENA JR JUAN, SOTOMAIOR VANESSA SANTOS, JANZEN-DÜCK MÔNICA, JARDIM LAURA BANNACH, FELLANDER FLÁVIO R., ANDRADE LUIZ AUGUSTO FRANCO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2000-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
Huntington disease
CAG repeats
Brazil
DNA
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000600001

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