George Huntington (1850-1916) and hereditary chorea.

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Although Huntington's disease has existed since at least the seventeenth century, and although several physicians provided earlier descriptions of hereditary chorea, Huntington's disease was not generally recognized until the classic description by George Huntington (1850-1916) in 1872. This paper--on the sesquicentennial of Huntington's birth--reviews Huntington's original and later contributions to the...

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