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We are grateful for excellent technical assistance of Hans-Werner Habbes, Marlen Löbbecke-Schumacher, Helmut Riese, Claudia Schneider, Helga Schulze and Ingrid Alheite. The study was supported by the intramural research funding program (Forum F468).

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  1. Department of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Institute of Anatomy, Ruhr-University, Universitätsstrasse 150 MA 6/45, 44801, Bochum, Germany
    Elisabeth Petrasch-Parwez, Annegrit Schlichting & Rolf Dermietzel
  2. Department of Neurology, St. Josefs-Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    Carsten Saft & Jürgen Andrich
  3. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    Markus Napirei
  4. Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    Larissa Arning, Stefan Wieczorek & Jörg Thomas Epplen

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Petrasch-Parwez, E., Saft, C., Schlichting, A. et al. Is the retina affected in Huntington disease?.Acta Neuropathol 110, 523–525 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1092-7

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