Huntington Chorea

Neurology

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Huntington Chorea

HD

Signs/symptoms:	Dementia
Complications:	Chorea
Early diagnosis/treatment:	No

Huntington disease (HD) is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion and causes progressive, localized neural cell death associated with choreic movements and dementia. The disease is associated with increases in the length of a CAG triplet repeat present in the huntingtin gene.

Material required:
Blood tubes:	EDTA whole blood (do not freeze, do not centrifugate)
Mouth brush:	No

Chromosomal localization:

4p16.3

OMIM number:

143100

Huntingtin (triplett-repeat expansion)

HD

Gene regions tested:
Gene regions:	triplett-repeat-expansion
Amino acid positions:
Nucleotide positions:
Test methods:	Sequencing

Prices:

Switzerland:

8820.00

8811.01

8819.01

8810.27

	TP REVAL:	500	TP Value:	0.9	CHF	450.00
Other europe:	EUR					300.00
Other regions:	USD					call

References:

Shiwach, R. S.; Norbury, C. G. A controlled psychiatric study of individuals at risk for Huntington's disease. Brit. J. Psychiat. 165: 500-505, 1994.

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Huntington Chorea