PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L Di Maio
AU  - F Squitieri
AU  - G Napolitano
AU  - G Campanella
AU  - J A Trofatter
AU  - P M Conneally
TI  - Suicide risk in Huntington's disease.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.30.4.293
DP  - 1993 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 293--295
VI  - 30
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/30/4/293.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/30/4/293.full
SO  - J Med Genet1993 Apr 01; 30
AB  - In order to evaluate the relevance of suicide risk in families affected by Huntington's disease (HD), 2793 subjects registered with the National Huntington's Disease Research Roster were studied. Suicide was the reported cause of death in 205 subjects (7.3%). This group included affected and possibly affected subjects, subjects at 50% and 25% risk, possibly at risk subjects, and normal relatives. In all categories suicide was more frequent than in the general US population. The data suggest that suicide is quite frequent in some families with HD. This increased suicide risk must be carefully considered in planning genetic counselling for predictive testing in HD.