Huntington's Chorea

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Test:

Specific PCR (+), intrauterine chorionic vilius sampling (AB), CT (AB or N)

Sign:

Athetosis, choreiform movements, waddling gait

Dd:

Senile chorea, psychoses, cerebellar degenera-tion, familial, tumours

Phys:

Inherited disease caused by progressivadegen-eration of basal ganglia and the cortex