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Metformin intake associates with better cognitive function in patients with Huntington's disease

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited, dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by an abnormal expansion of CAG triplets in the huntingtin gene (htt). Despite extensive efforts to modify the progression of HD thus far only symptomatic treatment is available. Recent work suggests that treating...

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Autores principales: Hervás, David, Fornés-Ferrer, Victoria, Gómez-Escribano, Ana Pilar, Sequedo, María Dolores, Peiró, Carmen, Millán, José María, Vázquez-Manrique, Rafael P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28632780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179283