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Unraveling the role of relative telomere length and CAG expansion on initial symptoms of juvenile Huntington disease

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Juvenile‐onset Huntington disease (JHD) is defined when symptoms initiate before 20 years of age. Mechanisms explaining differences between juvenile and adult onset are not fully understood. Our aim was to analyze… Click to show full abstract

Juvenile‐onset Huntington disease (JHD) is defined when symptoms initiate before 20 years of age. Mechanisms explaining differences between juvenile and adult onset are not fully understood. Our aim was to analyze the distribution of initial symptoms in a cohort of JHD patients and to explore its relationship with CAG expansion and relative telomere length (RTL).

Keywords: telomere length; huntington disease; initial symptoms; cag expansion; relative telomere

Journal Title: European Journal of Neurology
Year Published: 2022

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