Huntingtons Disease

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Huntingtons Disease

Huntington's Chorea

• neurodegenerative disorder
• autosomal dominant on chromosome 4
• presents 20-50 years

Clinical Features

• dementia
• chorea

Pathology

• cerebral atrophy
  • most marked in caudate nucleus
• compensatory hydrocephalus

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