Article
Relationship of Mediterranean diet and caloric intake to phenoconversion in Huntington disease.
JAMA neurology - 1 Nov 2013
Marder Karen, Gu Yian, Eberly Shirley, Tanner Caroline M, Scarmeas Nikolaos, Oakes David, Shoulson Ira
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Adherence to Mediterranean-type diet (MeDi) may delay onset of Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases. Whether adherence to MeDi affects time to phenoconversion in Huntington disease (HD), a highly penetrant, single-gene disorder, is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To determine if MeDi modifies the time to clinical onset of HD (phenoconversion) in premanifest carriers participating in Prospective Huntington at Risk...
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