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Huntington’s Chorea

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The door opened in an irresolute way, and an arm was thrust through with a spasmodic jerk; then a leg followed with a like unsteadiness; while the right hand twitched at the handle the corresponding body clinging to the door edged itself round with a random attempt to close it. Then with a stagger the patient lurched forwards to our table… a tripping, staggering gait, hastening and stopping until he reached the chair. Yet even in the chair, you see as we did, that the man is still in incessant restless motion, like a marionette; now jerking an arm, now the trunk of the body, now shrugging a shoulder and so on.

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  1. Division of Clinical Genetics, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA., USA

    Michael R. Hayden MB, ChB, PhD, DCH(SA)

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Hayden, M.R. (1981). Historical Background. In: Huntington’s Chorea. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1308-9_1

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