Huntington chorea


Hun·ting·ton cho·re·a

(hunt'ing-ton), [MIM*143100] a neurodegenerative disorder, with onset usually in the third or fourth decade, characterized by chorea and dementia; pathologically, there is bilateral marked atrophy of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus. Autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance, caused by mutation associated with trinucleotide repeat expansion in the Huntington gene (HD) on chromosome 4p. Synonym(s): chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chorea, Huntington disease

Hunt·ing·ton cho·re·a

(hŭn'ting-tŏn kŏ-rē'ă) A neurodegenerative disorder, with onset usually in the third or fourth decade, characterized by chorea and dementia; pathologically, there is bilateral marked atrophy of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus. Autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance, caused by mutation associated with trinucleotide repeat expansion in the Huntington gene (HD) on chromosome 4p.
Synonym(s): hereditary chorea, Huntington disease. [L. fr. G. choreia, a choral dance, fr. choros, a dance]

Huntington,

George, U.S. physician, 1850-1916. Huntington chorea - an inherited degenerative disorder of the cerebral cortex and corpus striatum. Synonym(s): chronic progressive chorea; degenerative chorea; hereditary chorea; Huntington diseaseHuntington disease - Synonym(s): Huntington chorea

Hunt·ing·ton cho·re·a

(hŭn'ting-tŏn kŏ-rē'ă) [MIM*143100] Neurodegenerative disorder, with onset usually in the third or fourth decade, characterized by chorea and dementia. [L. fr. G. choreia, a choral dance, fr. choros, a dance]