Journal of the Korean Neurological Association  1988;6(2):278-283

A Case of Huntington's Chorea.

Jae Woo CHUNG 1 ; Byoung Chul LEE ; Jin Soo KIM

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Republic of Korea

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Korean

Abstract

This is a case report of 47 year-old male patient with Huntington's chorea. Huntington's chorea is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance. The first symptoms of Huntington's chorea usually occur in the fourth to fifth decade and the gene is complete penetrance. The disease is characterized by both progressive motor abnormality, typically chorea, and intellectual deterioration commonly accompanied by prominent psychiatric symptoms including severe depression. Although the prevalence of Huntington's chorea is only 5-10 in 100,000 in Europe, the reported cases are extremely rare in this country until now.