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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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- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Chorea Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Huntington Disease (National Institutes of Health)
- Fasting Forestalls Huntington's Disease in Mice (National Institute on Aging)
- Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)
- Gene Testing (Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project)
- Genes and Disease (National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM, NIH, HHS)
- Genes and Disease: Huntington Disease (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genetics Home Reference: Huntington disease (Genetics Home Reference)
- Glossary of Terms (We Move)
- How Can an HDSA Social Worker Help My Family Deal with Juvenile Huntington's Disease (HD)? (Huntington's Disease Society of America)
- Huntington's disease (Google Health)
- Huntington's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Huntington's Disease (Medline Plus)
- Huntington's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Huntington's Disease (MayoClinic)
- Huntington's Disease (National Institutes of Health)
- Huntington's Disease (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Huntington's Disease Society of America
- Huntington's Disease: Hope through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Huntington's Disease: Why Communication and Swallowing Symptoms Arise (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
- Huntington/'s Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- Investigators Explore Selective Silencing of Disease Genes (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Juvenile HD (We Move)
- Learning about Huntington's Disease (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Life and Death of a Neuron (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Scientists Identify Potential New Treatment for Huntington's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Symptoms, Findings, and Clinical Course of Huntington's Disease (We Move)
- The Life and Death of a Neuron (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- We Move
- What Causes Huntington Disease? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
- What is Huntington Disease? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
- What Is the Best Way to Discuss Huntington's Disease with Young Children if a Parent Has HD or Is at Risk? (Huntington's Disease Society of America)
- Your Genes, Your Health (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
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