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Prevalence of Huntington's disease gene CAG repeat alleles in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Eliana Marisa RamosCenter for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;UnIGENe, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Pamela KeagleDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Tammy GillisCenter for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Patrick LoweDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Jayalakshmi S. MysoreCenter for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Ashley Lyn LeclercDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Antonia RattiDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, ‘Dino Ferrari’ Centre, Università degli Studi di Milano – IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan
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Nicola TicozziDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, ‘Dino Ferrari’ Centre, Università degli Studi di Milano – IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan
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Cinzia GelleraUnit of Genetics of Neurodegenerative and Metabolic Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico ‘Carlo Besta’, Milan, Italy
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James F. GusellaCenter for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Vincenzo SilaniDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, ‘Dino Ferrari’ Centre, Università degli Studi di Milano – IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan
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Isabel AlonsoUnIGENe, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Robert H. Brown JrDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Marcy E. MacdonaldCenter for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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John E. LandersDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 265-269 | Received 18 Nov 2011, Accepted 22 Dec 2011, Published online: 08 May 2012

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Suresh Kumar Chhetri, Rejith Dayanandan, Dorothea Bindman, David Craufurd & Tahir Majeed. (2014) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington’s disease: Neurodegenerative link or coincidence?. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 15:1-2, pages 145-147.
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