HTT gene CAG repeat length test report

alleles with 40 or more repeats are fully penetrant

tests per year, worldwide, once, as the genetic diagnosis

“results from expansion of a CAG trinucleotide repeat in the HTT (huntingtin) gene: alleles with 40 or more repeats are fully penetrant.”

Bachoud-Lévi et al., International Guidelines for the Treatment of Huntington's Disease, Frontiers in Neurology 2019, 2019-07

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Clinical guideline
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2026-11-06
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What to know
A one-off genetic result; the guideline states what repeat count counts as fully penetrant, not a testing interval.

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Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.