Huntingtons Queensland

Huntingtons Queensland Supporting people living with Huntington's Disease. Huntington's Disease (HD) is an inherited neurological condition. HD is caused by a defective gene.
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This means that it is a disease of the brain which affects the nervous system and is passed down through a family line. HD is not a condition which is evident at birth. In fact, symptoms will not usually appear until a person is between 35 and 45 years of age. A gene is a basic unit of inheritance. Genes are the means by which a child inherits all his or her characteristics. For example there are

genes for height, eye colour and baldness. Genes are transmitted to a child at the time of conception. A person carries this set of genes all his or her life. All our genes are in pairs and we inherit one member of the pair from our mother and the other from our father. Sometimes an alteration can occur in a gene so that the gene does not function normally. If the alteration occurs in one of the HD genes then symptoms of HD will eventually appear.

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Brisbane, QLD
4105

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Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

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+611800244735

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