Article
[Huntington disease: 7 cases with relatively preserved neostriatal islets].
Revue neurologique - 1 Jan 1992
Vonsattel J P, Myers R H, Bird E D, Ge P, Richardson E P
Abstract excerpt
Seven cases of Huntington's disease (HD) showing unusual neostriatal findings are reported. In these patients, the neostriatum contained scattered islets of relatively intact parenchyma. We attempted to determine whether these cases might represent a clinico-pathological entity, and also sought to acquire a better understanding of the neostriatal degenerative changes in HD. Cell counts showed that the number of...
Topics
- Adult
- Atrophy
- Corpus Striatum
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Huntington Disease
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurons