Prevalence of Non-psychiatric Comorbidities in Pre-symptomatic and Symptomatic Huntington's Disease Gene Carriers in Poland

Prevalence of Non-psychiatric Comorbidities in Pre-symptomatic and Symptomatic Huntington's Disease Gene Carriers in Poland

Huntington's disease (HD) is monogenic neurodegenerative disorder caused by CAG expansions within the Huntingtin gene (Htt); it has a prevalence of 1 in 10,000 worldwide and is invariably fatal. Typically, healthy individuals have fewer than 35 CAG repeats, while the CAG expansions range from 3...

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Main Authors: Daniel Zielonka, Grzegorz Witkowski, Elzbieta A. Puch, Marta Lesniczak, Iwona Mazur-Michalek, Mark Isalan, Michal Mielcarek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
huntington's disease
peripheral pathology
comorbidities
multimorbidity
pre-symptomatic stage
symptomatic stage
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2020.00079/full

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