• Identify clinical features of Huntington's disease

involuntary movements, depression, behavioural disorders, dementia

Huntingtons disease is sometimes described as a different disease as it progresses patients often have to consult with different type of doctors and health care specialist as the symptoms change so drastically

• Explain the molecular defect resulting in Huntington's disease

CAG trinucleotide repeat which codes for htt on the short arm of chromosome 4

• Discuss issues relating the genetic counselling for Huntington's disease

sometimes patients do not want to know

must be sensitive