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Oxidative damage in Huntington's disease pathogenesis.
Antioxidants & redox signaling - 1 Jan 2000
Browne Susan E, Beal M Flint
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive development of involuntary choreiform movements, cognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and premature death. These phenotypes reflect neuronal dysfunction and ultimately death in selected brain regions, the striatum and cerebral cortex being principal targets. The genetic mutation responsible for the...
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