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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
We report a pair of monozygotic Huntington's disease (HD) twins who, although sharing identical CAG repeat lengths, not only present with marked differences in clinical symptoms but also behavioral abilities as measured by our experimental procedures. Both HD twins and two healthy control subjects were tested twice over 2 years. Patient A was generally more impaired at a motor level, whereas Patient B showed greater attentional impairment; Patient B, however, showed more progressive deterioration. The control subjects' performance remained consistent over the 2-year interval. Patient A clinically had the more hyperkinetic hypotonic variant of the disease, whereas Patient B, who was the more impaired, presented with a more hypokinetic hypertonic (rigid) variant. The influences of epigenetic pre- and postnatal environmental factors should not be ignored.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
320-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Environment, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Huntington Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Movement Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Personality, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Speech Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Time and Motion Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Twins, Monozygotic, pubmed-meshheading:10091627-Volition
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential clinical and motor control function in a pair of monozygotic twins with Huntington's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychology Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Twin Study