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Are there similarities between huntington's disease and down syndrome?
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Unrelated: Down's is due to an extra chromosome causing a variety of bodily, and mental changes. Huntington's chorea is due to a change in one chromosome which causes a rapid neurodegeneration for which there is no cure. So the only similarity is that chromosomes are responsible in both cases but the symptoms are totally different.
Answered 8/13/2013
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