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Huntington’s Chorea is a particularly devastating disease because symptoms normally do not occur until after the age of 35, but can onset later (the earlier the onset, the more severe the disease tends to be). It is principally a movement disorder, with the first observable symptoms manifesting themselves as ‘clumsiness’, but as the disease progresses the movements become uncontrollable. These movements appear to be very bizarre and include odd bodily postures. Other symptoms are also apparent including forgetfulness and irritability or withdrawing (in the early stages) progressing to dementia with severe memory loss and lack of reasoning.
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Huntington’s Chorea Disease Related Links

• House: You Don’t Want to Know - Season 4 - Episode 8 - TV Squad
  […] And finally, with the beauty of three parallel plot lines, Thirteen’s professional reputation is on the line; she doesn’t want to find out she has Huntington’s Chorea, because it is fatal, and killed her mother at age 32. […]
• Huntington’s disease - Wikipedia
  Huntington’s disease, known historically as Huntington’s chorea and chorea maior, is a rare inherited neurological disorder affecting up to approximately 1 person per 10,000 people of Western European descent and 1 per 1,000,000 of Asian and African descent. It takes its name from the New York physician George Huntington who described it concisely and precisely in 1872 in his first medical paper.
• Mind Matters - RTE Radio 1
  Mind Matters in 2007 looked at Huntington’s Disease, Migraines, Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Schizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
• Huntington’s disease - Mayo Clinic
  Huntington’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease that causes certain nerve cells in your brain to waste away. As a result, you may experience uncontrolled movements, emotional disturbances and mental deterioration.

Huntington’s Chorea Videos

• A funny visit with Mom - YouTube
  An old woman with Huntington’s Disease.
• Huntington’s Disease - YouTube
  CBS Special on Huntington’s Disease / Chris Furbee
• Danny DeVito Introduces 50/50 - YouTube
  50/50 explores the dilemma that a carrier of Huntington’s Disease faces when she realizes that she has a 50/50 chance of passing the devastating illness to her offspring.