Huntington's Disease
Huntington's Disease: Introduction
Huntington's Disease:
Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited, degenerative neurological disease that leads to dementia.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology) ... more about Huntington's Disease.
Huntington's Disease: Inherited disease causing progressive mental deterioration.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Huntington's Disease is available below.
Symptoms of Huntington's Disease
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symptoms of Huntington's Disease
Treatments for Huntington's Disease
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treatments for Huntington's Disease
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Huntington's Disease: Related Patient Stories
Huntington's Disease: Deaths
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News Archives for Huntington's Disease
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Diagnostic Tests for Huntington's Disease
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Huntington's Disease: Complications
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Causes of Huntington's Disease
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Disease Topics Related To Huntington's Disease
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Medical Textbooks Online about Huntington's Disease
Medical Books Excerpts
- Chorea
- "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
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- Chorea
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- CHOREA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Chorea
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- CHOREA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Huntington's Disease: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Huntington's Disease
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to speak.
This was initially...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis.
The condition...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for which the
symptoms...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple...read more »
Huntington disease maybe confused: Huntington Disease is an
autosomal dominant disorder presenting as an inherited adult onset neurological
disorder. The patient has three characteristic features: chorea, abnormal
behaviour...read more »
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Huntington's Disease: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Huntington's Disease: Rare Types
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Latest Treatments for Huntington's Disease
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Huntington's Disease
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Huntington's Disease: Animations
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Prognosis for Huntington's Disease
Prognosis for Huntington's Disease:
Poor. Degenerative disease.
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Reseach about Huntington's Disease
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Clinical Trials for Huntington's Disease
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Huntington's Disease include:
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Clinical Trials for Huntington's Disease
Statistics for Huntington's Disease
Huntington's Disease: Broader Related Topics
Types of Huntington's Disease
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Article Excerpts about Huntington's Disease
Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)
Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited, degenerative neurological disease that leads to dementia.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
NINDS Huntington's Disease Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)
Huntington's disease (HD) results from genetically
programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in certain areas
of the brain. This degeneration causes uncontrolled movements, loss of
intellectual faculties, and emotional disturbance.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Huntington's Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Huntington's Disease:
Chronic progressive chorea and mental deterioration terminating in dementia; the age of onset usually is in the fourth decade of life.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Huntington's Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Huntington's Disease, or a subtype of Huntington's Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Huntington's Disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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