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Nonsense mutation in TITF1 in a Portuguese family with benign hereditary chorea.
Neurogenetics - 1 Dec 2005
Costa Maria do Carmo, Costa Cristina, Silva Ana Paula, Evangelista Pedro, Santos Luís, Ferro Anabela, Sequeiros Jorge, Maciel Patrícia
Abstract excerpt
Benign hereditary chorea (BHC) is an autosomaldominant disorder of early onset characterized by a slowly progressing or nonprogressing chorea, without cognitive decline or other progressive neurologic dysfunction, but also by the existence of heterogeneity of the clinical presentation within and among families. The genetic cause of BHC is the presence of either point mutations or deletions in the thyroid...
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