Huntingtons Disease

Other interesting facts

1: HD effects about 30,000 Americans.

2: Roughly 1 in every 10,000 people inherit the disease.

3: Symptoms can appear as early as 2 and as late as 70

4: Causes death in 10-25 years.

5: It CAN be detected before birth.

6: Mice research has givin clues to the future treatment of he disease using TUDCA.

 Source: Paul Recer. Huntingtons Study Looks Promising(2002). Retrieved January 3, 2009). Website; http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/rltdsci/hdnews/t3.html

You can find other information  in medical journals, at the website from The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Huntingtons Disease Society of America.