EMQN/CMGS best practice guidelines for the molecular genetic testing of Huntington disease

Huntington disease (HD) is caused by the expansion of an unstable polymorphic trinucleotide (CAG)n repeat in exon 1 of the HTT gene, which translates into an extended polyglutamine tract in the protein. Laboratory diagnosis of HD involves estimation of the number of CAG repeats. Molecular genetic te...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Losekoot, Monique, van Belzen, Martine J, Seneca, Sara, Bauer, Peter, Stenhouse, Susan A R, Barton, David E
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3641377/