Resumen
A Westphal variant of Huntington's disease (HD) is an infrequent presentation of this inherited neurodegenerative disorder. Here, we describe a 14-year-old girl who developed symptoms at the age of 7, with molecular evidence of abnormally expanded Cytosine-Adenine-Guanine (CAG) repeats in exon 1 of the Huntingtin gene. We briefly review the classical features of this variant highlighting the importance of suspecting HD in a child with parkinsonism and a family history of movement disorder or dementia.
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 28-30 |
Número de páginas | 3 |
Publicación | Journal of Pediatric Neurology |
Volumen | 17 |
N.º | 1 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 2019 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |