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What are the symptoms of huntingtons?

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Chorea: Classically, patients can experience uncontrollable flailing limb movements, loss of balance, poor organizational skills, and loss of focus and attention, and emotional changes such as depression. This runs in families as an autosomal dominant process.

Answered 9/18/2013

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How are causes and onsets of symptoms of huntington's disease different from those of pku and tay sacks disease?

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I have headche for months and we have huntington disease in the family is this an hd symptoms or it can be something else?

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Are strokes and cancer normal symptoms of huntington's disease?

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How much earlier than my mom will i get huntingtons disease? Ive read that symptoms start earlier in each generation because of the way the defective gene repeats. But how much earlier? My mom didnt have symptoms until she was over 50. Im only 23, but

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Is it possible to get huntingtons disease even if neither parent had it? At least, neither of my parents showed symptoms, but they both died before age 50. My doctor wants me to get tested based on my symptoms and the fact that i remember my grandfather

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