Mutations in TITF-1 are associated with benign hereditary chorea [PDF]
Benign hereditary chorea (BHC) (MIM 118700) is an autosomal dominant movement disorder. The early onset of symptoms (usually before the age of 5 years) and the observation that in some BHC families the symptoms tend to decrease in ...
Arts, W.F.M. (Willem Frans) +16 more
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How young people find out about their family history of Huntington's disease [PDF]
Family communication about adult-onset hereditary illness can be problematic, leaving some relatives inadequately informed or ignorant of their risk.
Forrest Keenan, Karen +4 more
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Analyzing the gene expression profile of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia with real-time PCR arrays
Background The Real-time PCR Array System is the ideal tool for analyzing the expression of a focused panel of genes. In this study, we will analyze the gene expression profile of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia with real-time PCR arrays.
Yan-Fang Tao +10 more
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The personal experience of parenting a child with Juvenile Huntington’s Disease: perceptions across Europe [PDF]
The study reported here presents a detailed description of what it is like to parent a child with juvenile Huntington’s disease in families across four European countries. Its primary aim was to develop and extend findings from a previous UK study.
Aad Tibben +42 more
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Limited effect of chronic valproic acid treatment in a mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease [PDF]
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease, caused by a CAG repeat expansion within the coding region of ATXN3 gene, and which currently lacks effective treatment.
A Barbeau +73 more
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Na+ channel β subunits: Overachievers of the ion channel family
Voltage gated Na+ channels (VGSCs) in mammals contain a pore-forming α subunit and one or more β subunits. There are five mammalian β subunits in total: β1, β1B, β2, β3, and β4, encoded by four genes: SCN1B-SCN4B.
William J Brackenbury, Lori L Isom
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Is there a right time to know? The right not to know and genetic testing in children [PDF]
The increasing implementation of next-generation sequencing technologies in the clinical context and the expanding commercial offer of genetic tests directly-toconsumers has increased the availability of previously inaccessible genetic information.
Borry, Pascal +2 more
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Service-based survey of dystonia in Munich [PDF]
We performed a service-based epidemiological study of dystonia in Munich, Germany. Due to favourable referral and treatment patterns in the Munich area, we could provide confident data from dystonia patients seeking botulinum toxin treatment.
Ben-Shlomo, Y. +7 more
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Altered relationship between electrophysiological response to errors and gray matter volumes in an extended network for error‐processing in pediatric obsessive‐compulsive disorder [PDF]
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106762/1/hbm22240 ...
Araki +64 more
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A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Latrepirdine in Patients With Mild to Moderate Huntington Disease. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Latrepirdine is an orally administered experimental small molecule that was initially developed as an antihistamine and subsequently was shown to stabilize mitochondrial membranes and function, which might be impaired in Huntington disease ...
DE MICHELE, GIUSEPPE +4 more
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