Two Families with Huntington's Disease

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 7(1); 1989 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1989;7(1): 172-177.

Huntington씨병 2가족예

임정근, 이상도,서정규,박영춘,변영주

계명대학교 신경과. 영남대학교 신경과.

Two Families with Huntington's Disease

Jeong-Keon Lim,M.D., Dang-Do Yi,M.D., Chung-kyu Suh,M.D., Young-Choon Park,M.D., Yeung-Ju Byun,M.D.

Department of neurology , College of medicine, Keimyung University Department of neurology , College of medicine, YoungNam University

Abstract

Huntington's disease(HD) is a neurcdegenerative disorder caused by a highly penetrant autosomal dominant genetic defect. It is characterized by adult onset progressive chorea, psychological change, and dementia with relentless deterioration. Until now the reported cases are very rare in Korea, so we presented here two cases of definite HD

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