| Huntington's chorea |
A hereditary disease marked by degeneration of the basal ganglia in the cerebral cortex. Individuals develop progressive mental deterioration, ending in dementia, along with loss of the ability to control major muscle movements.
Ãâó: www3.uta.edu/sswtech/sapvc/information/teens13_15/...
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| hunger |
discomfort, illness, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged, involuntary lack of food.
Ãâó: www.futureharvest.org/about/glossary.shtml
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| Huntington's disease |
A dominant genetic disorder in which a protein is produced abnormally, leading to the breakdown in the parts of the brain that control movement.
Ãâó: ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/glossary.html
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| Huntington's chorea |
A fatal inherited disorder which has no cure. A progressive loss of mental functioning due to brain-cell death. Ten to twenty years after the onset of symptoms, victims will die; although they become little more than mindless organisms prior to the end. Science can identify some carriers of the Huntington's gene in utero.
Ãâó: www.reasoned.org/glossary.htm
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| Huntington's chorea |
Autosomal Dominant. People die at 40 +... Jerky muscular motions
Ãâó: www.mansfieldct.org/schools/mms/staff/hand/Genterm...
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