Abstract |
Huntington's disease (HD), an autosomal-dominant illness caused by an expansion of the CAG repeats on the short arm of chromosome 4, is clinically characterized by a combination of movement disorders, cognitive decline and behavioral changes. HD accounts for 90-99% of patients who present with this clinical picture. The remaining patients that are negative for the HD genetic mutation are said to have HD phenocopies. Autosomal-dominant diseases that can mimic HD are HD-like 2, C9orf72 mutations, spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 (HD-like 4), benign hereditary chorea, neuroferritinopathy (neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 3), dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy and HD-like 1. There are also autosomal-recessive choreas that can be HD phenocopies: Friedreich's ataxia, neuroacanthocytosis, several forms of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, ataxia telangiectasia, HD-like 3 and ataxia with oculomotor apraxia. Among X‑linked conditions, McLeod syndrome can mimic the clinical features of HD. Although less frequently, sporadic conditions, such as tardive dyskinesia and non-Wilsonian hepatolenticular degeneration, can also mimic HD.
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Authors | Francisco Cardoso |
Journal | Neurodegenerative disease management
(Neurodegener Dis Manag)
Vol. 4
Issue 1
Pg. 67-72
( 2014)
ISSN: 1758-2032 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 24640980
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Recessive
- Genes, X-Linked
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Huntington Disease
(diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, physiopathology)
- Phenotype
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