Analysis of the (CAG)n repeat causing Huntington's disease in a Mexican population.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02459.x

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Analysis of the (CAG)n repeat causing Huntington's disease in a Mexican population.

Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 1997

Alonso M E, Yescas P, Cisneros B, Martínez C, Silva G, Ochoa A, Montañez C

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We investigated the allele distribution of the polymorphic (CAG)n repeat in the IT15 gene in 96 normal subjects from the Mexican population and 83 unrelated patients with Huntington's disease. Our results show that the size distributions of normal and affected alleles do not overlap. Normal allel...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Alleles
Child
Humans
Huntington Disease
Mexico
Middle Aged
Trinucleotide Repeats

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