Increased instability of intermediate alleles in families with sporadic Huntington disease compared to similar sized intermediate alleles in the general population.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on October 01, 1995

Authors

Y P Goldberg1, C T McMurray, J Zeisler, E Almqvist, D Sillence, F Richards, A M Gacy, J Buchanan, H Telenius, M R Hayden

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1: Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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