Huntington disease: from premanifest to diagnosis and early care

Huntington disease (HD) has a prolonged premanifest phase. Detailed premanifest HD studies followed identification of the causal CAG repeat expansion in the Huntingtin gene in 1993 that allowed genetic testing. A better understanding of the years before clinical diagnosis and variation in disease pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth A McCusker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Whitehouse Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://acnr.co.uk/articles/huntington-disease-from-premanifest-to-diagnosis-and-early-care/