Diagnosis of patients presenting to a Huntington disease (HD) clinic without a family history of HD

Neurology
M A NanceS Nugent

Abstract

About 9% of patients presenting to a Huntington disease (HD) clinic for evaluation of possible HD lacked a family history of the disorder. HD was the final diagnosis in 53 to 83% of these patients. As a group, HD-affected individuals without a family history of HD were older and had fewer CAG repeats than the average HD patient. Some patients presenting with chorea only had HD and others did not; patients developing a movement disorder after long-standing neuroleptic-treated psychiatric illness did not have HD.

Citations

May 29, 1999·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·A IshikawaS Tsuji
Jan 7, 1999·Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology·M A Nance
May 3, 2019·Journal of Huntington's Disease·Natalia González RojasEmilia Mabel Gatto
Jul 4, 2017·Journal of Huntington's Disease·Sai S ChagantiClement T Loy
Apr 30, 2019·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Radoslawa Herzog-Krzywoszanska, Lukasz Krzywoszanski

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