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What is the impact of education on Huntington's disease?
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jul 2011
López-Sendón Jose Luis, Royuela Ana, Trigo Patricia, Orth Michael, Lange Herwig, Reilmann Ralf, Keylock Jennifer, Rickards Hugh, Piacentini Silvia, Squitieri Ferdinando, Landwehrmeyer Bernhard, Witjes-Ane Marie-Noelle, Jurgens Caroline K, Roos Raymund A C, Abraira Victor, de Yébenes Justo G
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a cytosine adenosine guanine (CAG) expansion in the huntingtin gene. The length of the triplet repeat is the most important factor in determining age of onset and the severity of the disease, but substantial variability of these parameters is attributed to other factors. To investigate the relationship between the years of education and the age at...
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