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Chorea Huntington: a rare case with childhood onset.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Apr 2002
Gencik M, Hammans C, Strehl H, Wagner N, Epplen J T
Abstract excerpt
Chorea Huntington (CH) is a dominantly inherited, neurodegenerative disease usually with adult onset. The course of CH is characterized by movement disturbances, psychiatric symptoms and it may lead to dementia. Typically death occurs after 10 to 20 years of CH duration. Invariably, the underlying mutation concerns an expansion of a polymorphic (CAG) n stretch in the huntingtin gene. Statistically, larger...
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