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Yugoslav HD phenocopies analyzed on the presence of mutations in PrP, ferritin, and Jp-3 genes.
The International journal of neuroscience - 1 Feb 2005
Keckarević Milica, Savić Dusanka, Svetel Marina, Kostić Vladimir, Vukosavić Slobodanka, Romac Stanka
Abstract excerpt
Huntington disease (HD) is a well-defined autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by CAG repeat expansions in HD gene. There are a significant number of HD cases where this mutation was not found and such cases are named HD-like phenotype (HDL). This article reports 48 patients with HDL phenotype. Patients were analyzed on the presence of mutations in prion (PrP), ferritin and junctophilin-3 (JP-3)...
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