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Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in benign hereditary chorea.
Neurology - 27 Aug 2002
Breedveld G J, Percy A K, MacDonald M E, de Vries B B A, Yapijakis C, Dure L S, Ippel E F, Sandkuijl L A, Heutink P, Arts W F M
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BACKGROUND: Benign hereditary chorea (BHC) is an autosomal dominant disorder that can be distinguished from Huntington disease by its early onset, stable or only slightly progressive course, and absence of mental deterioration. The variation in clinical features is such that its very existence has been doubted. The authors recently described the localization of a gene responsible for BHC on chromosome 14q in a...
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