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Pathology question #6
revision - 01-07-09 08:49
In which of the following neurodegenerative conditions would you expect to observe the phenomenon known as anticipation?
A. Familial Alzheimer disease (FAD)
B. Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
C. Huntington disease
D. Pick disease
E. Progressive supranuclear palsy
revision - 01-07-09 08:49
In which of the following neurodegenerative conditions would you expect to observe the phenomenon known as anticipation?
A. Familial Alzheimer disease (FAD)
B. Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
C. Huntington disease
D. Pick disease
E. Progressive supranuclear palsy
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Re: Pathology question #6
revision - 01-07-09 14:48 Yes the answer is C
Anticipation is earlier age of onset and increased in severity of symptoms in the subsequent generations
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Re: Pathology question #6 galaxy - 06-04-10 19:02 In which of the following neurodegenerative conditions would you expect to observe the phenomenon known as anticipation?
C. Huntington disease
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Re: Pathology question #6 babbu5508 - 06-21-10 01:43 C. Huntington disease...the disease tends to present at an earlier age and with increasing severity as each generation progresses.......
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Re: Pathology question #6 bingousmle - 06-30-10 23:03 can you summarize the genetics of huntingtons which is a debilitating hereditary condition with involuntary movements and cognitive defects?
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