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Huntington's disease in Greece: the experience of 14 years.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 2011
Panas M, Karadima G, Vassos E, Kalfakis N, Kladi A, Christodoulou K, Vassilopoulos D
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A large scale genetic and epidemiological study of Huntington's disease (HD) was carried out in Greece from January 1995 to December 2008. Diagnostic testing was carried out in 461 symptomatic individuals, while 256 were tested for presymptomatic purposes. The diagnosis of HD with a CAG expansion ≥ 36 was confirmed in 278 symptomatic individuals. The prevalence of HD in Greece was estimated at approximately 2.5...
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