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Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls.
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a debilitating autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative disease with a fatal prognosis. Classical features include motor disturbances, dementia and psychiatric problems but are not restricted to this triad as patients often experience other abnormalities such as unintended...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21379361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.RRN1214 |
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description | Huntington’s disease (HD) is a debilitating autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative disease with a fatal prognosis. Classical features include motor disturbances, dementia and psychiatric problems but are not restricted to this triad as patients often experience other abnormalities such as unintended weight loss, the exact cause of which is unknown. We studied the body composition of 25 premanifest HD and compared it to 25 control subjects using a dual energy x-ray absorptiometer (DEXA) scan. Like the R6/2 transgenic mouse model, we identified significantly lower bone mineral density z-scores in premanifest individuals, that was not related to any difference in testosterone, cortisol, leptin or Vitamin D levels. These results identify an early gene-related change that occurs in HD which not only could lead to a potential biomarker for the disease, but given it is also seen in other manifest neurodegenerative diseases, could also reveal a common disease related process. |
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spelling | pubmed-30470102011-03-03 Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. Goodman, Anna O. G. Barker, Roger A PLoS Curr Huntington Disease Huntington’s disease (HD) is a debilitating autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative disease with a fatal prognosis. Classical features include motor disturbances, dementia and psychiatric problems but are not restricted to this triad as patients often experience other abnormalities such as unintended weight loss, the exact cause of which is unknown. We studied the body composition of 25 premanifest HD and compared it to 25 control subjects using a dual energy x-ray absorptiometer (DEXA) scan. Like the R6/2 transgenic mouse model, we identified significantly lower bone mineral density z-scores in premanifest individuals, that was not related to any difference in testosterone, cortisol, leptin or Vitamin D levels. These results identify an early gene-related change that occurs in HD which not only could lead to a potential biomarker for the disease, but given it is also seen in other manifest neurodegenerative diseases, could also reveal a common disease related process. Public Library of Science 2011-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3047010/ /pubmed/21379361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.RRN1214 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Huntington Disease Goodman, Anna O. G. Barker, Roger A Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
title | Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
title_full | Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
title_fullStr | Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
title_full_unstemmed | Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
title_short | Body composition in premanifest Huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
title_sort | body composition in premanifest huntington’s disease reveals lower bone density compared to controls. |
topic | Huntington Disease |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21379361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.RRN1214 |
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