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ArticleNeurodegenerative disease management2013

Managing juvenile Huntington's disease.

Oliver W J Quarrell, Martha A Nance, Peggy Nopoulos, Jane S Paulsen, Jonathan A Smith, Ferdinando Squitieri

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Article in Neurodegenerative disease management, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Oliver W J QuarrellDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Martha A NanceStruthers Parkinson's Center, 6701 Country Club Drive, Golden Valley, MN 55427, USA.
Peggy NopoulosUniversity of Iowa Carver College of Medicine W278 GH 200, Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Jane S PaulsenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000, USA.
Jonathan A SmithDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, London, UK.
Ferdinando SquitieriCentre for Neurogenetics & Rare Diseases Neurological Research Institute Neuromed Via Atinense, 18-8607, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.
University of Iowa · USBirkbeck, University of London · GBGolden Valley Health Centers · USIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo · ITSheffield Children's Hospital · GB

Funding

NEUROBIOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASER01NS040068 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PAULSEN, JANE S · 2001 to 2013
$48.5M
Growth and Development of the Striatum in Huntington's DiseaseR01NS055903 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PEGGY C NOPOULOS · 2009 to 2026
$5.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040068NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a well-recognized progressive neurodegenerative disorder that follows an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Onset is insidious and can occur at almost any age, but most commonly the diagnosis is made between the ages of 35 and 55 years. Onset ≤20 years of age is classified as juvenile HD (JHD). This age-based definition is arbitrary but remains convenient. There is overlap between the clinical pathological and genetic features seen in JHD and more traditional adult-onset HD. Nonetheless, the frequent predominance of bradykinesia and dystonia early in the course of the illness, more frequent occurrence of epilepsy and myoclonus, more widespread pathology, and larger genetic lesion means that the distinction is still relevant. In addition, the relative rarity of JHD means that the clinician managing the patient is often doing so for the first time. Management is, at best, symptomatic and supportive with few or no evidence-based guidelines. In this article, the authors will review what is known of the condition and present some suggestions based on their experience.

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PMID24416077
PMCPMC3883192
OpenAlexW2141915377

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