The relationship between CAG repeat length and age of onset differs for Huntington's disease patients with juvenile onset or adult onset.

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Published in Ann Hum Genet on December 19, 2006

Authors

J Michael Andresen1, Javier Gayán, Luc Djoussé, Simone Roberts, Denise Brocklebank, Stacey S Cherny, US-Venezuela Collaborative Research Group, HD MAPS Collaborative Research Group, Lon R Cardon, James F Gusella, Marcy E MacDonald, Richard H Myers, David E Housman, Nancy S Wexler

Author Affiliations

1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. jma@mit.edu

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