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Huntington Disease

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A familial disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by the onset of progressive CHOREA and DEMENTIA in the fourth or fifth decade of life. Common initial manifestations include paranoia; poor impulse control; DEPRESSION; HALLUCINATIONS; and DELUSIONS. Eventually intellectual impairment; loss of fine motor control; ATHETOSIS; and diffuse chorea involving axial and limb musculature develops, leading to a vegetative state within 10-15 years of disease onset. The juvenile variant has a more fulminant course including SEIZURES; ATAXIA; dementia; and chorea.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.496, 1941-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.496
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: problem with vision; spasms; fits; epilepsy; and Huntington's cholera. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1947

PR2.1531, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1531
Scope and Contents

Notes, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: chorea; dementia; and Huntington's chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.4015, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4015
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; Huntington's chorea; and mental changes. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.14381, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14381
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic torticollis; and Huntington's chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.16771, 1955-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16771
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: mental deterioration; Huntington's Chorea; and Parkinsonism. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1961