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What Is Huntington Disease?
R Marcus, JAMA, August 21, 2023 (Posted: Aug 21, 2023 1PM)

Huntington disease is a rare genetic disease that affects movement, thinking, and behavior. Huntington disease results from an abnormal gene that damages cells in the brain. It is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder, meaning that individuals born to a parent with Huntington disease have a 50% chance of developing the disease. Rarely, patients with Huntington disease have a gene variant that developed spontaneously and was not inherited. Huntington disease affects about 11 to 14 people per 100?000 individuals in Europe and North America and is less common in Africa and East Asia.

Genetic modifiers of Huntington disease differentially influence motor and cognitive domains
JM Lee et al, AJHG, March 23, 2022 (Posted: Mar 24, 2022 9AM)

e have performed algorithmic prediction by using common motor and cognitive measures to predict age at other disease landmarks as additional phenotypes for GWASs. Combined with imputation with the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine reference panel, predictions using integrated measures provided objective landmark phenotypes with greater power to detect most modifier loci. Importantly, substantial differences in the relative modifier signal across loci, highlighted by comparing common modifiers at MSH3 and FAN1, revealed that individual modifier effects can act preferentially in the motor or cognitive domains.

Informing about genetic risk in families with Huntington disease: comparison of attitudes across two decades.
Pierron Lucie et al. European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2020 Dec (Posted: Dec 14, 2020 8AM)

Association of CAG Repeats With Long-term Progression in Huntington Disease
DR Langbehn et al, JAMA Neurology, August 12, 2019 (Posted: Aug 13, 2019 8AM)

Experimental Drug For Huntington's Disease Jams Malfunctioning Gene
R Harris, NPR, May 9, 2019 (Posted: May 10, 2019 9AM)

Recent advances in the therapeutic development for Huntington disease.
Mestre Tiago A et al. Parkinsonism & related disorders 2019 Feb 125-130 (Posted: May 06, 2019 4PM)

Targeting Huntingtin Expression in Patients with Huntington’s Disease
SJ Tabrizi et al, NEJM, May 6, 2019 (Posted: May 06, 2019 4PM)

27 years of prenatal diagnosis for Huntington disease in the United Kingdom
RE Pina-Aguilar et al, Genetics in Medicine, December 14, 2018 (Posted: Dec 14, 2018 1PM)

Genetics of Huntington disease.
Nance Martha A et al. Handbook of clinical neurology 2017 3-14 (Posted: Nov 06, 2017 6AM)

The impact of Huntington disease on young people.
Ellison Matthew et al. Handbook of clinical neurology 2017 144179-182 (Posted: Oct 04, 2017 10AM)

The highly anxious individual presenting for Huntington disease-predictive genetic testing: the psychiatrist's role in assessment and counseling.
Groves Mark et al. Handbook of clinical neurology 2017 14499-105 (Posted: Oct 04, 2017 10AM)

Genetic testing for Huntington disease.
Quaid Kimberly A et al. Handbook of clinical neurology 2017 144113-126 (Posted: Oct 04, 2017 10AM)

Can CRISPR Conquer Huntington’s?
R Lewis, PLOS Blogs, June 28, 2017 (Posted: Jun 29, 2017 11AM)

Huntington's Disease-Update on Treatments.
Wyant Kara J et al. Current neurology and neuroscience reports 2017 Apr (4) 33 (Posted: Jun 27, 2017 9AM)

REVIEW-ARTICLE Intermediate alleles of Huntington's disease HTT gene in different populations worldwide: a systematic review.
Apolinário T A et al. Genetics and molecular research : GMR 2017 Apr (2) (Posted: Jun 27, 2017 9AM)

Palliative Care in Huntington Disease: Personal Reflections and a Review of the Literature.
Tarolli Christopher G et al. Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) 2017 454 (Posted: Jun 27, 2017 9AM)

Huntington’s Disease: Gene Editing Shows Promise in Mouse Studies
F Collins, NIH director blog, June 27, 2017 Brand (Posted: Jun 27, 2017 9AM)

A Systematic Review of the Huntington Disease-Like 2 Phenotype.
Anderson David G et al. Journal of Huntington's disease 2017 (1) 37-46 (Posted: May 20, 2017 10AM)

A liminal stage after predictive testing for Huntington disease.
Gargiulo Marcela et al. Journal of medical genetics 2017 Jan (Posted: Jan 18, 2017 10AM)

Factors Related to Genetic Testing in Adults at Risk for Huntington Disease: The Prospective Huntington At-Risk Observational Study (PHAROS).
Quaid Kimberly A et al. Clinical genetics 2016 Oct (Posted: Oct 19, 2016 3PM)

Effect of Deutetrabenazine on Chorea Among Patients With Huntington Disease- Randomized Clinical Trial
Huntington's Study group. JAMA July 5, 2016 (Posted: Jul 06, 2016 7AM)

Huntington Disease Update
R Lewis, PLOS Blogs, February 29, 2016 (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 6PM)

Pridopidine for the treatment of Huntington's disease.
Shannon Kathleen M et al. Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2016 Feb (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

The Frequency of Huntington Disease and Huntington Disease-Like 2 in the South African Population.
Baine Fiona K et al. Neuroepidemiology 2016 Feb (3) 198-202 (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

Huntington disease among the Navajo: A population-based study in the Navajo Nation.
Gordon Paul H et al. Neurology 2016 Feb (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

Neuropsychiatric symptoms are very common in premanifest and early stage Huntington's Disease.
Martinez-Horta Saul et al. Parkinsonism & related disorders 2016 Feb (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

Current status of PET imaging in Huntington's disease.
Pagano Gennaro et al. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2016 Feb (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

Huntington disease: Blocking DREAM delays neurodegeneration.
Crunkhorn Sarah et al. Nature reviews. Drug discovery 2016 Feb (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

Potential Treatment for Huntington's Disease Enters Clinical Testing
SciCasts Clinical Research, February 29, 2016 (Posted: Mar 01, 2016 8AM)

Huntington disease and the potential of gene silencing
Genomics Education Program, October 26, 2015 (Posted: Oct 27, 2015 10AM)

Genetic Counselling for Predictive Testing in Huntington's Disease in One Centre since 1993. Gender-Specific Aspects of Decision-Making.
Arning Larissa et al. J Huntingtons Dis 2015 4(1) 87-98 (Posted: Sep 09, 2015 11AM)

Finding Factors that Affect Huntington’s Disease Onset
NIH Research Matters, August 31, 2015 Brand (Posted: Sep 01, 2015 10AM)

Identification of Genetic Factors that Modify Clinical Onset of Huntington’s Disease
Genetic Modifiers of Huntington?s Disease (GeM-HD) Consortium GeM-HD Consortium, Cell, July 30, 2015 (Posted: Jul 31, 2015 7AM)

Predictive genetic testing for Huntington's disease: A journey with a genetic counselor as your guide,
National Society of Genetic Counselors, Jun 18 (Posted: Jun 24, 2015 1PM)

Can We Cure Huntington's Disease?
ricki Lewis, PLoS Blog DNA Science Posts, May 28, 2015 (Posted: Jun 01, 2015 11AM)

Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of Huntington disease: detection of the paternally inherited expanded CAG repeat in maternal plasma.
van den Oever Jessica M E et al. Prenat. Diagn. 2015 Mar 12. (Posted: Apr 23, 2015 8AM)

Cognitive interventions to enhance neural compensation in Huntington's disease.
Andrews Sophie C et al. Neurodegener Dis Manag 2015 Apr (2) 155-64 (Posted: Apr 23, 2015 8AM)

Huntington disease: Cerebrospinal fluid and MRI biomarkers for prodromal HD.
Chase Alex et al. Nat Rev Neurol 2015 Apr 21. (Posted: Apr 23, 2015 8AM)

Huntington disease
GP Bates et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, April 23, 2015 (Posted: Apr 23, 2015 8AM)

Huntington disease
From NCATS Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center Brand (Posted: Jan 01, 2011 0AM)

Juvenile Huntington disease
From NCATS Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center Brand (Posted: Jan 01, 2011 0AM)


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