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Juvenile onset Huntington's disease in an Omani child with asymptomatic, at risk parents.

Identifier
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.8.701
Source
Journal of medical genetics. v. 34, 8, p. 701
Contributors
Country
United States.
City
Maryland.
Publisher
National Library of Medicine.
Gregorian
1997-08-01
Language
English
English abstract
A 6 year old Omani Arab girl presented with one year's history of progressive intellectual deterioration, grimacing, dysarthria, dystonic posturing of the hands, and ataxia with falls, and was now severely retarded and mute. She came from a family affected by Huntington's disease (HD). Her parents, III. 19 and III.20, who were cousins aged 36 and 27 years respectively, reported that their mothers, II.2 and II.5, had died from HD. Both parents appeared to be healthy and were asymptomatic, but they suspected that their child had inherited the "family disease".
ISSN
0022-2593
Category
Journal articles

Author's Work

Journal articles
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Scrimgeour, Euan M.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
2001-05-01