A common hereditary disorder characterized by the progressive onset of neurodegeneration, Huntington's disease (HD) is a complex condition. Children of HD patients have a 50% chance of inheriting the disease, but symptoms do not appear until middle age. While genetic testing reliably determines if children of HD sufferers are carriers of the disease, it cannot provide information as to when symptoms will appear. In this issue of the iJournal of Clinical Investigation/i, ...
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