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Glutathione S-Transferase Omega 1 variation does not influence age at onset of Huntington's disease.
BMC medical genetics - 24 Mar 2004
Arning Larissa, Jagiello Peter, Wieczorek Stefan, Saft Carsten, Andrich Jürgen, Epplen Jörg T
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BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) is a fully penetrant, autosomal dominantly inherited disorder associated with abnormal expansions of a stretch of perfect CAG repeats in the 5' part of the IT15 gene. The number of repeat units is highly predictive for the age at onset (AO) of the disorder. B...
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