Molecular Research on Huntington's Disease.

Int J Mol Sci

Unidad de Investigación, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, ISABIAL, 03010 Alicante, Spain.

Published: February 2023

Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder caused by an aberrant expansion of CAG triplets in the (Huntingtin) gene [...].

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10002123PMC
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