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Epidemiological and linkage studies on Huntington's disease in Italy.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 1990
Frontali M, Malaspina P, Rossi C, Jacopini A G, Vivona G, Pergola M S, Palena A, Novelletto A
Abstract excerpt
The results of an epidemiological survey on Huntington's disease in the Lazio Region, Central Italy, and of linkage studies in a subset of families are reported. From a total of 99 ascertained families and 491 patients, a prevalence of 25.6 X 10(-6) was obtained, with distributions of age at onset and age at death similar to those described in the literature. No relationship with the sex of the transmitting...
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