The Danish HD Registry-a nationwide family registry of HD families in Denmark.

doi:10.1111/cge.12984

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The Danish HD Registry-a nationwide family registry of HD families in Denmark.

Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2017

Gilling M, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Boonen S E, Lildballe D, Bojesen A, Hertz J M, Sørensen S A

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The Danish Huntington's Disease Registry (DHR) is a nationwide family registry comprising 14 245 individuals from 445 Huntington's disease (HD) families of which the largest family includes 845 individuals in 8 generations. 1136 DNA and/or blood samples and 18 fibroblast cultures are stored in a local biobank. The birthplace of the oldest HD carrier in each of the 261 families of Danish origin was unevenly...

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Age Factors
Alleles
Biological Specimen Banks
Denmark
Family
Female
Geography, Medical
Humans
Huntingtin Protein
Huntington Disease
Male
Registries
Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Trinucleotide Repeats

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PMID: 28155235
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12984

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