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Paradox of a better test for Huntington's disease.

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Nov 2000

Maat-Kievit A, Vegter-van der Vlis M, Zoeteweij M, Losekoot M, van Haeringen A, Roos R

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OBJECTIVES: To describe the consequences of the identification of the Huntington's disease (HD) mutation on predictive and prenatal testing. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed considering the test applicants, procedures, and results before and after the identification of the mutation. 1032 people at risk for Huntington's disease in The Netherlands were included, of whom 741 applied for the predictive...

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PMID: 11032607
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.5.579
PMCID: PMC1763393

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