A progressive disorder usually beginning in young to middle age, consisting of a triad of choreoathetosis, dementia, and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance. Bilateral marked wasting of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus is characteristic. ... Synonym: chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chor...
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(= Huntington&`s disease) Mature onset disease characterized by progressive loss of neuronal functioning. Caused by unstable amplification of a trinucleotide (CAG)n repeat within the coding region of a gene encoding a 348 kD, widely expressed product.
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n] - hereditary disease
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a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life. Also called
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