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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Basal Ganglia Diseases > Huntington Disease
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Dementia > Huntington Disease
Mental Disorders > Neurocognitive Disorders > Dementia > Huntington Disease
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System > Huntington Disease
Nervous System Diseases > Neurodegenerative Diseases > Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System > Huntington Disease
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Dyskinesias > Chorea > Huntington Disease
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Dyskinesias > Chorea > Huntington Disease
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Movement Disorders > Dyskinesias > Chorea > Huntington Disease
Mental Disorders > Neurocognitive Disorders > Cognition Disorders > Huntington Disease

Preferred term

Huntington Disease  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A familial disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by the onset of progressive CHOREA and DEMENTIA in the fourth or fifth decade of life. Common initial manifestations include paranoia; poor impulse control; DEPRESSION; HALLUCINATIONS; and DELUSIONS. Eventually intellectual impairment; loss of fine motor control; ATHETOSIS; and diffuse chorea involving axial and limb musculature develops, leading to a vegetative state within 10-15 years of disease onset. The juvenile variant has a more fulminant course including SEIZURES; ATAXIA; dementia; and chorea. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1060-4)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chorea, Chronic Progressive Hereditary (Huntington)
  • Chronic Progressive Hereditary Chorea (Huntington)
  • Huntington Chorea
  • Huntington Chronic Progressive Hereditary Chorea
  • Huntington's Chorea
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Progressive Chorea, Chronic Hereditary (Huntington)
  • Progressive Chorea, Hereditary, Chronic (Huntington)

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Maladie de Huntington

    French

  • Chorée chronique progressive de Huntington
  • Chorée chronique progressive héréditaire de Huntington
  • Chorée de Huntington

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