## Abstract Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by an abnormally expanded CAG repeat in the __IT__β__15__ gene, which encodes a widely expressed protein called huntingtin. Abnormalities of mitochondrial respiratory chain function, specifically complex II/III, have been identified in HD striatum and
Correlates of early disability in Huntington's disease
β Scribed by Dr Richard Mayeux; Yaakov Stern; Andrew Herman; Linda Greenbaum; Stanley Fahn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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