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MALADIE HUNTINGTON [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
G10
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A rare hereditary disease of the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex resulting in choreiform (dancelike) movements, intellectual deterioration, and psychosis.

CONT

Huntington's disease results from a flaw in a single gene, one damaged link in the long, twisted DNA molecule.

CONT

Huntington's disease is a late-onset disorder, one that can lie dormant for many years before striking.

OBS

G10: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
G10
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Affection neurodégénérative héréditaire transmise sur le mode autosomique dominant [...] provoquée par un gène défectueux situé sur le chromosome 4.

CONT

Les chorées chroniques. La chorée de Huntington est la plus fréquente. Affection familiale à transmission autosomique dominante, elle débute vers la quarantaine et se caractérise par l'association de mouvements anormaux avec hypotonie et un déficit intellectuel dont l'intensité est variable. À l'examen anatomique, il existe une atrophie macroscopique du cortex cérébral, qui prédomine sur le lobe frontal [...]

OBS

G10 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Sistema nervioso
Entrada(s) universal(es)
G10
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Enfermedad degenerativa del sistema nervioso central transmitida por herencia autosómica dominante, debida a mutaciones en el gen IT15 del cromosoma 4 que se traducen en cadenas de poliglutaminas anormales.

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Record 2 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Nervous System
OBS

May - the Huntington Society of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Mai - Société Huntington du Canada.

Spanish

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