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Case 12: Huntington’s Disease with Atypical Onset

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Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the HTT gene. Genetic testing represents current routine standard in the diagnostic pathway of HD. However patients might be submitted to [18F]FDG PET to support the differential diagnosis of cognitive impairment or behavioral disturbances and might guide the subsequent work-up of the patient.

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  1. IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

    Silvia Morbelli & Giulia Ferrarazzo

  2. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Silvia Morbelli & Giulia Ferrarazzo

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  1. Silvia Morbelli
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  1. Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden

    Andrea Varrone

  2. Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy

    Silvia Morbelli

  3. Geneva University and Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Valentina Garibotto

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Morbelli, S., Ferrarazzo, G. (2022). Case 12: Huntington’s Disease with Atypical Onset. In: Varrone, A., Morbelli, S., Garibotto, V. (eds) Clinical Nuclear Medicine in Neurology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83598-9_12

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