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The Current Scenario and Diagnosis of the Huntington’s Disease

Avinash Dhar, Deepak Kumar Gupta, Gaurav Singh, Anshuman Chandra, Gaurav Khandelwal

Abstract


Huntington’s disease is an inherited progressive brain disorder usually caused by a single defective gene on chromosome 4. The present review comprises of the current scenario and the diagnostic tools being used for the treatment of the Huntington diseases.

Keywords


CT scan, genetic testing, MRI

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijger.v1i2.44

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