CAG‐repeat length and the age of onset in Huntington disease (HD): A review and validation study of statistical approaches

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There is a rough correlation between cag count and age of...

User KikiChrome, in the Huntingtons subreddit, 20 Mar 2026

There is a rough correlation between cag count and age of onset, but it's not exact. With a cag count of 40, I'd expect your…

As someone else mentioned, CAG size doesn’t perfectly...

User TestTubeRagdoll, in the Huntingtons subreddit, 23 Jan 2026

As someone else mentioned, CAG size doesn’t perfectly predict when you will start having symptoms of HD. On average, people…

Here's a bit of an info dump for you. My granddaughter was...

User godlyfrog, in the Huntingtons subreddit, 25 Jan 2025

Here's a bit of an info dump for you. My granddaughter was diagnosed with a CAG of 56, her father refuses to test, and his…

According to [Langbhen et al....

User TH1NKTHRICE, in the Huntingtons subreddit, 08 Jun 2023

According to [Langbhen et al. 2010](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048807/) there is more variability in onset…

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