Huntington's Chorea

Introduction: Huntington's Chorea

Description of Huntington's Chorea

Huntington's Chorea (medical condition): Inherited disease causing progressive mental...more »

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Huntington's Disease:
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Huntington's Chorea: chronic progressive chorea and mental deterioration terminating in dementia; the age of onset usually is in the fourth decade of life.
Source: Diseases Database

Huntington's Chorea: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Huntington's Chorea:

• Huntington
• Huntington disease
• Chorea (119 causes)
• Progressive
• Progressive symptoms
• Progressive disease
• Mental
• Mental symptoms (3121 causes)

Huntington's Chorea: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Huntington's Chorea 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 Chorea, or a subtype of Huntington's Chorea, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Huntington's Chorea as a Disease

Huntington's Chorea: Another name for Huntington's Disease (or close medical condition association).
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Huntington's Chorea: Related Diseases

Huntington's Chorea: Huntington's Chorea is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Possibly autoimmune diseases
• Chorea
• Brain conditions
• Triplet Repeat Genetic Disorders
• Nervous system conditions
• Coordination and balance conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Movement conditions
• Mental health conditions

Symptoms of Huntington's Chorea (Huntington's Disease)

Some of the symptoms of Huntington's Chorea incude:

• Mood swings
• Apathy
• Depression
• Irritability
• Difficulty driving

See full list of 42 symptoms of Huntington's Chorea (Huntington's Disease)

Treatments for Huntington's Chorea (Huntington's Disease)

Treatments for Huntington's Chorea (Huntington's Disease) include:

• Prenatal chorionic villus sampling
• Medications
• Anti-chorea medications
• Anti-agitation medications
• Physiotherapy

See full list of 6 treatments for Huntington's Chorea

Treatment of Huntington's Chorea: For more treatment information about Huntington's Chorea, see treatment of Huntington's Disease (Huntington's Chorea)

Huntington's Chorea: 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... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Huntington's Disease Information Page: NINDS)

Huntington's Chorea: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Huntington's Chorea:

• Huntington chorea
• hereditary chorea
• huntingtin
• involuntary movements
• dementia
• Huntington disease
• behavior changes
• juvenile HD
• juvenile Huntington disease
• autosomal dominant disorder
• movement disorder

Terms associated with Huntington's Chorea:

Terms Similar to Huntington's Chorea:

• Huntington's disease

Source: Diseases Database

• Huntington's disease
• Huntington disease
• HD

Source - NIH

The following terms can be used for Huntington's Chorea

• Huntington's disease

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Huntington's Chorea

The following list attempts to classify Huntington's Chorea into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other extrapyramidal diseases and abnormal movement disorders
• HEREDITARY AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Huntington's Chorea

• OMIM - HUNTINGTON DISEASE; HD
• eMedicine - Huntington Chorea : Article by J Stephen Huff, MD
• Huntington disease - Genetics Home Reference
• Huntington disease (chorea-athetosis)
• GeneReviews: Huntington Disease
• Huntington's chorea - General Practice Notebook
• eMedicine - Huntington Disease : Article by Fredy J Revilla, MD
• Huntington disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Huntington's disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Huntington's chorea (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Huntington Disease Dementia : Article by Idan Sharon, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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