ERS, CRP, serum interleukins IL 1ß (0.96±3.82 pg/ml versus 0.28±0.77 pg/ml) and IL 6 (0.54±2.50 pg/ml versus 0.39±0.89 pg/ml), on the one hand, and serum fasting cortisol (13.4±4.4 μg/100 ml versus 16.7±6.8 μg/100 ml), insulin (5.5±2.2 μU/ml versus 6.0±3.6 μU/ml), T4L (14.7±2.2 pmol/l versus 16.4±1.9 pmol/l) and TSH (1.92±0.90 mUI/l versus 1.80±0.65 mUI/l), on the other hand, were similar in the HD group and controls. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Huntington disease.