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Juvenile variant of Huntington's chorea
Author(s) -
Krishnappa Devarani
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb103845.x
Subject(s) - chorea , abnormality , huntington's disease , juvenile , levodopa , medicine , psychology , neuroscience , pediatrics , psychiatry , disease , biology , genetics , parkinson's disease
A case of a young woman suffering from a juvenile variant of Huntington's chorea, in which rigidity presented as the predominant motor abnormality is reported. The patient's symptoms were relieved by therapy with levodopa. The underlying disturbance of neurotransmission is discussed.