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Huntington disease (HD) is an incurable, adult-onset, autosomal dominant inherited disorder which presents with involuntary movements, dementia, and behavioral changes.<br> | Huntington disease (HD) is an incurable, adult-onset, autosomal dominant inherited disorder which presents with involuntary movements, dementia, and behavioral changes<ref>Folstein SE. Huntington's Disease: A Disorder of Families. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1989</ref>.<br> | ||
HD is named after George Huntington, the physician who described it as hereditary chorea in 1872. | |||
== Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process<br> == | == Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process<br> == | ||
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General[edit | edit source]
Huntington disease (HD) is an incurable, adult-onset, autosomal dominant inherited disorder which presents with involuntary movements, dementia, and behavioral changes[1].
HD is named after George Huntington, the physician who described it as hereditary chorea in 1872.
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- ↑ Folstein SE. Huntington's Disease: A Disorder of Families. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1989
