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키워드 : | Huntington's Disease, genetic tests |
관련링크 : | http://www.lucywalkerfilm.com/#THE-LION-S-MOUTH-OPENS |
courageous young woman takes the boldest step imaginable to confront her risk of having inherited the fatal, incurable Huntington's Disease. A short (15-minute) documentary.
관련 기사
Sundance Film Follows Woman's Worst Fear: Does She Have Huntington's Disease?
Jan. 16, 2014
: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/sundance-film-womans-worst-fear-huntingtons-disease/story?id=21550954
Marianna Palka, who left Scotland to pursue a career in filmmaking in the United States, knew she had a “50-50″ chance of getting Huntington’s disease, a rare, but devastating genetic disease that has been described as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and ALS, all rolled into one. It began to destroy her father his late 30s, so Palka, now 32 and symptom-free, decides to find out if she, too, has the genetic mutation that will rob eventually her of her mobility and her mind. (ABC News)