Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 10 Huntington's disease patients who underwent human fetal striatal transplantation

IDSexOnset age in years (calendar year)Years of educationCAG repeatsAffected parentSymptom at onsetDBDrugs (mg/day)Age in years, at grafting
1F34 (1999)849MotherMotor459PMZ (6); STR (50); DZM (2.5); TBZ (37.5)40
2+M44 (1995)844FatherMotor374PMZ (6); STR (25); DZM (2); TBZ (12.5); VPA (900)55
3+M44 (1994)1048UnknownMotor550STR (200); DZM (5)56
4M21 (1996)860MotherMotor514PMZ (8); TBZ (62.5)34
5M28 (1993)1248FatherMotor350TBZ (37.5); VPA (300)42
6F33 (1990)1042FatherPsychiatric214PMZ (6); STR (50); DZM (4); TBZ (62.5)52
7+M32 (2000)856MotherMotor656TPR (100)39
8M48 (2003)1847MotherCognitive552PMZ (6); STR (25); DZM (2.5); TBZ (25)54
9M46 (2002)843MotherMotor345STR (150); TBZ (50); AMD (100)52
10M48 (1999)844MotherPsychiatric408STR (50); DZM (2.5); TBZ (37.5) 57
  • +, patient who died; AMD, amantadine; CAG, cytosine-adenine-guanine; DB, disease burden measured as (CAG number–35.5)×age-at-onset23; DZM, diazepam; F, female; ID, patient identifier; M, male; PMZ: pimozide; STR, sertraline; TBZ, tetrabenazine; TPR, tiapride; VPA, sodium valproate.