DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease [DOID:12858]

A neurodegenerative disease that has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance and is characterized by unwanted choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and dementia and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) resulting in neuron degeneration affecting muscle coordination, cognitive abilities.

Synonyms:  Huntington's disease,  DOID:12858,  Huntington Disease,  Huntingtons disease,  Huntington's disorder ...

Linkouts:  OMIM #1 #2 #3 #4