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Huntington disease in children: genotype-phenotype correlation.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Aug 2000
Rasmussen A, Macias R, Yescas P, Ochoa A, Davila G, Alonso E
Abstract excerpt
Huntington disease is a neurodegenerative disorder of adulthood; however, a subset of early-onset patients exists, representing 1% of all HD patients. We reviewed a population of 155 HD-families to determine the frequency, molecular and clinical characteristics of children with an onset before the age of 10 years. In each case, a neurological evaluation was performed as well as molecular detection of the expanded...
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