Abstract
Huntington's disease (HD) is a chronic, progressive, autosomal dominant, degenerative disease of the brain characterized by motor, cognitive, and behavioral abnormalities.
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Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (2010). Huntington's Disease. In: Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (eds) Internal Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03709-2_16
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