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[From gene to disease; HD gene and Huntington disease].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 3 Nov 2001
Maat-Kievit J A, Losekoot M, Roos R A
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a late onset, incurable, autosomal dominantly-inherited, progressive neuropsychiatric disease, characterised by chorea, changes in personality, mood and behaviour, and dementia. Huntington's disease is a clinical diagnosis. The advent of DNA diagnosis has made predictive, prenatal and preimplantation testing possible for at-risk persons or asymptomatic carriers. The prevalence is...
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