Somatic stability in chorionic villi samples and other Huntington fetal tissues.

doi:10.1007/BF00207386

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Somatic stability in chorionic villi samples and other Huntington fetal tissues.

Human genetics - 1 Aug 1995

Benitez J, Robledo M, Ramos C, Ayuso C, Astarloa R, Garcia Yébenes J, Brambati B

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We have studied different tissues from two affected fetuses with Huntington's disease (HD). In the first case the analysis was performed at 11 weeks of pregnancy; CAG repeats from seven different tissues were compared with the results obtained in the chorionic villi sample (CVS). We found 42 CAG...

Topics

Abortion, Therapeutic
Adult
Chorionic Villi Sampling
Female
Fetal Diseases
Fetus
Genetic Variation
Humans
Huntington Disease
Male
Pedigree
Pregnancy
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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