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Sex contribution to average age at onset of Huntington's disease depends on the number of (CAG)n repeats.
Scientific reports - 8 Jul 2024
Stanisławska-Sachadyn Anna, Krzemiński Michał, Zielonka Daniel, Krygier Magdalena, Ziętkiewicz Ewa, Sławek Jarosław, Limon Janusz
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by the extension of the CAG repeats in exon 1 of the HTT gene and is transmitted in a dominant manner. The present study aimed to assess whether patients' sex, in the context of mutated and normal allele length, contributes to age on onset (AO) of HD. The study population comprised a large cohort of 3723 HD patients from the European...
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