Huntington disease: report of first case documented in Malaysia.
Huntington disease has not previously been recorded in Malaysia. We report the first case in a local patient with a positive family history. The implications of diagnosing this disease will be discussed.
Pantai Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
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Lee
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Ng
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Jeyakumar
D000328:Adult; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics