Predictive testing for Huntington disease: interpretation and significance of intermediate alleles.

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Published in Clin Genet on October 01, 2006

Authors

A Semaka1, S Creighton, S Warby, M R Hayden

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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