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CAG mutation effect on rate of progression in Huntington's disease.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Sept 2002
Squitieri F, Cannella M, Simonelli M
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is progressively invalidating and caused by a CAG expanded mutation. We tested the effect of the mutation length on the rate of progression in a cohort of 80 patients clinically followed-up and genetically characterized. Two patients presenting an infantile and aggressive HD form starting under 10 years had over 90 repeats; the other patients did not show any influence of the CAG...
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