| Literature DB >> 33521985 |
Jordan L Schultz1,2,3, Ellen van der Plas1, Douglas R Langbehn1, Amy L Conrad4, Peg C Nopoulos1,2,4.
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Limited data exists regarding the disease course of Huntington's Disease (HD) in children and young adults. Here, we evaluate the trajectory of various cognitive skill development as a function of cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeat length in children and adolescents that carry the mutation that causes HD. We discovered that the development of verbal skills seems to plateau earlier as CAG repeat length increases. These findings increase our understanding of the relationship between neurodegeneration and neurodevelopment and may have far-reaching implications for future gene-therapy treatment strategies. ANN NEUROL 2021;89:1036-1040.Entities:
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33521985 PMCID: PMC8176779 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26039
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422