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Replication of twelve association studies for Huntington's disease residual age of onset in large Venezuelan kindreds.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Andresen J M, Gayán J, Cherny S S, Brocklebank D, Alkorta-Aranburu G, Addis E A, Cardon L R, Housman D E, Wexler N S
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BACKGROUND: The major determinant of age of onset in Huntington's disease is the length of the causative triplet CAG repeat. Significant variance remains, however, in residual age of onset even after repeat length is factored out. Many genetic polymorphisms have previously shown evidence of association with age of onset of Huntington's disease in several different populations. OBJECTIVE: To replicate these...
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