Article
[Case of benign familial chorea].
Rivista di patologia nervosa e mentale - 1 Jan 2000
Amore M, Ambrosetto G, De Maria R
Abstract excerpt
The authors present a family affected by benign chorea. It is a hereditary disease, characterized by dominant autosomic transmission, with incomplete penetrance. Genetic, clinical and evolutional features are reported. The choreic movements rise in the first twenty years of life but psychological deterioration, epilepsy or other neurological symptoms did not emerge. Pharmacological treatments did not help in such...
Topics
- Adult
- Brain
- Child
- Chorea
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
