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Huntington's disease, sometimes known as Huntington's chorea, is a severe genetic neurological disorder. It affects people mainly in later life, by which time they could already have passed it on to their children. There is a 50/50 chance of inheriting this disease.

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  • Huntington's disease
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  • Huntington's disease, sometimes known as Huntington's chorea, is a severe genetic neurological disorder. It affects people mainly in later life, by which time they could already have passed it on to their children. There is a 50/50 chance of inheriting this disease.
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symptom
  • Choreoathetosis, emotional and behavioral disturbances, dementia
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  • Huntington's Disease
Type
  • Genetic neurological disorder
treatment
  • Dopamine against drugs for chorea, but there is no known treatment to stop the progression of brain atrophy
Cause
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and neuronal cell death leading to atrophy of the putamen and caudate nucleus of the brain
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  • Huntington's disease, sometimes known as Huntington's chorea, is a severe genetic neurological disorder. It affects people mainly in later life, by which time they could already have passed it on to their children. There is a 50/50 chance of inheriting this disease.
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