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Natural biological variation of white matter microstructure is accentuated in Huntington's disease.
Human brain mapping - 1 Sept 2018
Gregory Sarah, Crawford Helen, Seunarine Kiran, Leavitt Blair, Durr Alexandra, Roos Raymund A C, Scahill Rachael I, Tabrizi Sarah J, Rees Geraint, Langbehn Douglas, Orth Michael
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenic neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG-repeat expansion in the Huntingtin gene. Presence of this expansion signifies certainty of disease onset, but only partly explains age at which onset occurs. Genome-wide association studies have shown that naturally occurring genetic variability influences HD pathogenesis and disease onset. Investigating the influence of...
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