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Nonhuman Primate Models of Huntington's Disease and Their Application in Translational Research.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2018
Aron Badin Romina
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenic, autosomal dominant inherited fatal disease that affects 1 in 10,000 people worldwide. Given its unique genetic characteristics, HD would appear as one of the most straightforward neurodegenerative diseases to replicate in animal models. Indeed, mutations in the HTT gene have been used to generate a variety of animal models that display differential pathologies and have...
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