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Genetic analysis of polymorphisms in the kalirin gene for association with age-at-onset in European Huntington disease patients.
BMC medical genetics - 21 Jun 2012
Tsai Yu-Chun, Metzger Silke, Riess Olaf, Soehn Anne S, Nguyen Huu Phuc
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BACKGROUND: Huntington disease (HD) is caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the HD gene. Although the length of the CAG repeat strongly correlates with the age-at-onset (AAO), AAO in HD individuals may differ dramatically in spite of similar expanded CAG repeat lengths. Additional genetic or envir...
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