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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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- 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 - Department of Neurology, St. Josefs-Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
Carsten Saft & Jürgen Andrich - Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
Markus Napirei - Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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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
- Received: 21 July 2005
- Revised: 11 August 2005
- Accepted: 11 August 2005
- Published: 13 October 2005
- Issue Date: November 2005
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1092-7