Genetic linkage analysis and presymptomatic testing in Huntington's disease. First report in Italy.

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Genetic linkage analysis and presymptomatic testing in Huntington's disease. First report in Italy.

Acta neurologica - 1 Jan 2000

Di Maio L, Boiano S, Squitieri F, Napolitano G, Cocozza S, Campanella G, Battistuzzi G

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Since 1979 data about Huntington's Disease (HD) in Campania, a region of Southern Italy, has been collecting. The prevalence of HD in this sample is 30.3 x 10(-6) (115 pedigrees, 1470 individuals). Mean age at onset was 38.67 years and the juvenile (onset before 20 years) accounted for 5.8%. Gene...

Topics

Adult
Age Factors
Alleles
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4
DNA
DNA Probes
Gene Frequency
Genetic Carrier Screening
Genetic Markers
Genetic Testing
Humans
Huntington Disease
Incidence
Italy
Lod Score
Pedigree
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Prevalence

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PMID: 1363459

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