Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's Chorea, is an inherited progressive form of dementia. The disease, first described by Dr. George Huntington in 1872, is a predominantly inherited one. Although Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be inherited too it is not a single gene cause as in HD.
In Huntington's disease the gene, a mutation of chromosome 4, was discovered in 1993. A so-called autosomal dominant disease, HD can be inherited from either the father or the mother. Any...
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