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A case of senile chorea
Author(s) -
Friedman Joseph H.,
Ambler Mary
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870050313
Subject(s) - chorea , huntington's disease , disease , family history , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , pediatrics , pathology
Senile chorea, a late‐onset, slowly progressive disorder without mental changes, is a poorly characterized entity. It is often thought to represent late‐onset Huntington's disease in which the chorea precedes the mental changes and the family history is absent due to parental death before symptoms. The following case differs pathologically from Huntington's disease and from previous reports of senile chorea.