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Huntington's disease: psychiatric practice in molecular genetic prediction and diagnosis.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Feb 1997
Scourfield J, Soldan J, Gray J, Houlihan G, Harper P S
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BACKGROUND: Predictive genetic testing for Huntington's disease has been available in Cardiff since 1987 using linked genetic markers, and since 1993 using direct mutation testing, which can also be used as a diagnostic test. During this period there have been numerous referrals that have required liaison with psychiatric services at all stages of the testing programme. METHOD: A series of cases was selected to...
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