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Future directions in research with presymptomatic individuals carrying the gene for Huntington's disease.
Brain research bulletin - 30 Jan 2003
Georgiou-Karistianis Nellie, Smith Eleanor, Bradshaw John L, Chua Phyllis, Lloyd John, Churchyard Andrew, Chiu Edmond
Abstract excerpt
Presymptomatic individuals carrying the gene for Huntington's disease (HD) provide researchers with a unique opportunity of learning more about the neuropathophysiology, symptom onset, behavioural functioning, and mediating factors of this fatal disease. In this review, we attempt to demonstrate that research over the last 8 years, since the isolation of the gene, has remained at large controversial. Although we...
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