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Huntington's Disease |
Huntington disease; Huntington//'s chorea; Huntington//'s disease; Progressive Chorea, Chronic Hereditary (Huntington) |
Huntington's disease (HD, also Huntington disease), formerly known as Huntington's chorea, is a rare inherited genetic disorder characterized by abnormal body movements called chorea, and a reduction of various mental abilities. It takes its name from the Ohio physician George Huntington who described it precisely in 1872. Huntington's disease is caused by a rare trinucleotide repeat expansion in the Huntingtin gene. Huntington's disease shows a variable age of onset of physical symptoms, ...
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Huntington's Disease Articles
- Genes and Disease: Huntington disease
... Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited, degenerative neurological disease that leads to dementia. About 30,000 Americans have HD and about 150,000 more are at risk of inheriting the disease from a pa... - Huntington disease
... Huntington disease is an inherited brain disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, mental and emotional problems, and progressive loss of thinking ability (cognition). Adult-onset Huntington diseas... - Huntington's Disease Information Page
... Huntington's disease (HD) results from genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in certain areas of the brain. This degeneration causes uncontrolled movements, loss of i... - Huntington's Disease: Hope Through Research
... In 1872, the American physician George Huntington wrote about an illness that he called "an heirloom from generations away back in the dim past." He was not the first to describe the disorder, which h...
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- Chorea Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
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