Part one of term paper
In 1872 Dr. George Huntington published his account of what he called "hereditary chorea". This is the first description of the disease that now bears his name. (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive motor, emotional, and cognitive impairments. A terminal disease, it is characterized by chorea (uncontrol ...

Part two of term paper
... is between the ages of 30 and 50, but the disease can develop at any age and has been found in the elderly as well as the very young. The symptoms manifest themselves gradually, usually lasting for 15-20 years after first surfacing. Huntington's is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder, meaning that if a parent has the defective Huntington's gene, his/her offspring have a 50/50 chance of also developing the disease. Until 20 or so years ago, very little was known and very little literature was a ...