Does arterial hypertension influence the onset of Huntington's disease?

Huntington's disease (HD) age of onset (AO) is mainly determined by the length of the CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene. The remaining AO variability has been attributed to other little-known factors. A factor that has been associated with other neurodegenerative diseases is arterial...

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Main Authors: Leire Valcárcel-Ocete, Asier Fullaondo, Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu, María García-Barcina, Raymund A C Roos, Lena E Hjermind, Carsten Saft, Marina Frontali, Ralf Reilmann, Hugh Rickards, REGISTRY investigators of the European Huntington’s Disease Network (EHDN), Ana M Zubiaga, Ana Aguirre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5965871?pdf=render