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Huntingtons chorea

a progressive disorder usually beginning in young to middle age, consisting of a triad of choreoathetosis, dementia, and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance. Bilateral marked wasting of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus is characteristic.

Synonym: chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chorea, huntingtons disease.