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22 Years of predictive testing for Huntington's disease: the experience of the UK Huntington's Prediction Consortium.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2016
Baig Sheharyar S, Strong Mark, Rosser Elisabeth, Taverner Nicola V, Glew Ruth, Miedzybrodzka Zosia, Clarke Angus, Craufurd David, Quarrell Oliver W
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition. At-risk individuals have accessed predictive testing via direct mutation testing since 1993. The UK Huntington's Prediction Consortium has collected anonymised data on UK predictive tests, annually, from 1993 to 2014: 9407 predictive tests were performed across 23 UK centres. Where gender was recorded, 4077 participants were male (44.3%) and...
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