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Degenerative disease Flashcards

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What is Huntington’s disease

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AD trinucleotide repeat neurodegenerative disorder

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Characteristics of Huntington’s disease

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Chorea, incoordination, cognitive decline, personality changes, and psychiatric symptoms, culminating in immobility, mutism, and inanition

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Genetics of Huntington’s

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known expansion of the CAG repeat length at the N-terminal end of the huntingtin gene

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