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Summary

Excerpted from the GeneReview: Huntington Disease-Like 2
Huntington disease-like 2 (HDL2) typically presents in midlife with a relentless progressive triad of movement, emotional, and cognitive abnormalities which lead to death within ten to 20 years. HDL2 cannot be differentiated from Huntington disease clinically. Neurologic abnormalities include chorea, hypokinesia (rigidity, bradykinesia), dysarthria, and hyperreflexia in the later stages of the disease. There is a strong correlation between the duration of the disease and the progression of the motor and cognitive disorder.

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  • Also known as: CAGL237, HDL2, JP-3, JP3, TNRC22, JPH3
    Summary: junctophilin 3

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