Term Name: | Huntington's disease |
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Synonyms: | HD, Huntington disease, Huntington's chorea |
Definition: | A neurodegenerative disease that has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance and is characterized by unwanted choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and dementia and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) resulting in neuron degeneration affecting muscle coordination, cognitive abilities. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:12858] ( DOID:12858 ) |