What is Westphal disease?

What is Westphal disease?

• Westphal disease: A condition that is closely associated with Huntington's disease and is a clinical variant of it.

Westphal disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Westphal disease, or a subtype of Westphal disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Westphal disease: Introduction

Types of Westphal disease:

Broader types of Westphal disease:

• Movement conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Limb conditions
• more types...»

What causes Westphal disease?

Causes of Westphal disease: see causes of Westphal disease

What are the symptoms of Westphal disease?

Symptoms of Westphal disease: see symptoms of Westphal disease

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Westphal disease: Medical Geneticist, Neurologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Westphal disease.
Treatments for Westphal disease: see treatments for Westphal disease

Name and Aliases of Westphal disease

Main name of condition: Westphal disease

Westphal variant of Huntington's disease, HD- Westphal variant

HD- Westphal variant, Westphal variant of Huntington's disease
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Westphal disease: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Westphal disease:

• Huntington's disease
• Rigidity
• Hypokinesia
• Bradykinesia
• Behavioural difficulties
• Concentration difficulties

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