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==Huntington’s Disease== | ==Huntington’s Disease== | ||
(HD, Huntington Chorea) George Huntington in 1872 wrote a paper called "On Chorea". Latin, ''chorea'' = chorus or a group of dances | (HD, Huntington Chorea) | ||
* George Huntington in 1872 wrote a paper called "On Chorea". Latin, ''chorea'' = chorus or a group of dances | |||
* polyglutamine trinucleotide repeat expansion disease | * polyglutamine trinucleotide repeat expansion disease | ||
* chromosome 4p16.3 | * chromosome 4p16.3 | ||
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** atrophy of frontal and parietal lobe | ** atrophy of frontal and parietal lobe | ||
:Links: [http://www.omim.org/entry/143100 OMIM 143100] | :'''Links:''' [http://www.omim.org/entry/143100 OMIM 143100] | ||
<pubmed>11232352</pubmed> | |||
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Huntington’s Disease
(HD, Huntington Chorea)
- George Huntington in 1872 wrote a paper called "On Chorea". Latin, chorea = chorus or a group of dances
- polyglutamine trinucleotide repeat expansion disease
- chromosome 4p16.3
- protein called huntingtin
- Cytosine Adenine Guanine (CAG) repeats in the first exon (1993 first genetic test)
- up to 28 repeats - normal range
- 29-34 repeats - individual will not develop HD, next generation at risk
- 40 or more repeats - individual will develop HD
- repeat enlargement occurs during spermatogenesis
- reduced brain mass
- basal ganglia atrophy (caudate nucleus, putamen, internal and external regions of the globus pallidus (GPi and GPe)
- loss of striatal neurons within the caudate nucleus and putamen
- atrophy of frontal and parietal lobe
- basal ganglia atrophy (caudate nucleus, putamen, internal and external regions of the globus pallidus (GPi and GPe)
- Links: OMIM 143100
<pubmed>11232352</pubmed>
