raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:98934

Huntington disease-like 2

Synonyms: HDL2

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Age of onset
Adult
Status
active

A rare severe neurodegenerative disorder that is considered one of the phenocopies of Huntington Disease (HD) affecting patients of African descent and characterized by a triad of movement (chorea, oculomotor, parkinsonism), psychiatric (prominently sadness, irritability and anxiety), and cognitive abnormalities (early cognitive decline and subcortical-like dementia).

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enHuntington disease-like 2HDL2
frMaladie de Huntington-like 2= en
deChorea Huntington-ähnliche Krankheit 2= en
esEnfermedad similar a Huntington, tipo 2Enfermedad de Huntington-like, tipo 2 · HDL2
itMalattia Huntington-simile 2= en
nlZiekte van Huntington-achtig 2= en
ptDoença Huntington-like 2
plChoroba podobna do choroby Huntingtona 2= en
csHuntingtonská fenokopie 2= en
ukХвороба Гантінгтон-подібна 2= en
zh类亨廷顿病2= en
trHuntington hastalığı benzeri 2= en

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM606438Evalidated
ICD-10G10NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-118A01.11NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0011671Evalidated
MeSHC564708Evalidated
UMLSC1847987Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
JPH3Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:14203ENSG0000015411860526816q24.2junctophilin 3
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families50 familiesWorldwideFamily(ies)Validated20301701[PMID]_[EXPERT]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

18 annotations · validated 2018-05-30
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Frequent (79-30%)
HP:0100022Abnormality of movement
HP:0000751Personality changes
Occasional (29-5%)
HP:0002060Abnormal cerebral morphology
HP:0010994Abnormal corpus striatum morphology
HP:0000708Atypical behavior
HP:0002340Caudate atrophy
HP:0002120Cerebral cortical atrophy
HP:0002072Chorea
HP:0000726Dementia
HP:0001332Dystonia
HP:0004302Functional motor deficit
HP:0001288Gait disturbance
HP:0001347Hyperreflexia
HP:0004305Involuntary movements
HP:0002354Memory impairment
HP:0001300Parkinsonism
HP:0002476Primitive reflex
HP:0001824Weight loss

Annotation source: 14557581[PMID]

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