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Juvenile Huntington's Disease
Fewer than ten percent of individuals with HD develop symptoms before age 20. Because it is uncommon and differs from typical adult-onset HD, in both the neurological symptoms and the ways that it changes the lives of the individuals and families ...More…
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What is Huntington's disease?
Speech, Language, Hearing Association — What treatments are available for people with Huntington's disease? What can I do to help someone with Huntington's disease communicate? How can I help someone with Huntington's disease who is having swallowing problems? What other ...More…
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Huntington's disease
Mayo Clinic — Huntington's disease - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this degenerative nervous system disorder. Huntington's disease is a progressive, degenerative disease that causes certain nerve cells in your brain to waste ...More…
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Study Links Faulty DNA Repair to Huntington's Disease Onset
National Institutes of Health — Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to stop or slow the onset of the disease. ...More…
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Huntington's Disease: Hope Through Research
NINDS — In 1872, the American physician George Huntington wrote about an illness that he called "an heirloom from generations away back in the dim past." He was not the first to describe the disorder, which has been traced back to the Middle Ages at ...More…
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Learning About Huntington's Disease
Human Genome Research Institute — Answers to frequently asked questions about Huntington's disease, published by the National Human Genome Research Institute. Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurological illness causing involuntary movements, severe emotional ...More…
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Huntington's Disease
NINDS — Download Adobe Reader Condensed from Huntington's Disease: Hope Through Research Huntington's disease (HD) results from genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in certain areas of the brain. This degeneration causes ...More…
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Huntington's disease
Mayo Clinic — Huntington's disease - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this degenerative nervous system disorder. Huntington's disease is a progressive, degenerative disease that causes certain nerve cells in your brain to waste ...More…
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Find a Neurologist
Email This Page Print Font Size a a Working with Your Doctor Find a Neurologist Preparing for an Office Visit Your Rights as a Patient Family & Friends Find an AAN member neurologist in your area by filling in the city, state/province, and/or ...More…
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Stages of HD
Although symptoms of HD vary from person to person, even within the same family, the progression of the disease can be roughly divided into three stages. In the Middle Stage, the movement disorder may become more of a problem. Medication for ...More…
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"Huntington Disease"
Clinical Trials — Open Studies / "Huntington Disease" Neurobiological Predictors of Huntington's Disease (PREDICT-HD) A Study of ACR16 for the Treatment of Patients With Huntington's Disease Huntington Disease; Chorea; Attention; Executive Dysfunction ...More…
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Ayuda legal y social
NINDS Espanol — Este panfleto fue escrito y publicado por el Instituto Nacional de Trastornos Neurológicos y Accidentes Cerebrovasculares (NINDS), el patrocinador principal en los Estados Unidos de la investigación sobre trastornos del cerebro y el sistema ...More…