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Clinical and genetic investigation of a Brazilian family with Huntington's disease.
Functional neurology - 1 Jan 2000
Agostinho L A, Spitz M, Pereira J S, Paiva C L A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate a Brazilian family carrying full penetrance alleles for Huntington's disease (HD) in order to correlate each member's genetic and clinical features. To this end, the following scales were administered in each patient: the Beck Depression Inventory, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS). The patterns of CAG and...
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