Huntingtons Disease

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In 1872, George Huntington, a doctor from Ohio, wrote a paper called "On Chorea". Using his fathers patients as examples he describes the symptoms and talks in detail on HD's hereditary nature. The article made him very famous because it decribed the disease very accuratley.

Source: Standford.edu.(2000). A Brief History of Huntingtons Disease. Retrieved December 28, 2008. Website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/sttools/print/p_r_timeline.pdf

Source: Neil Izenberg M.D.(2000). Human Diseases and Conditions; Volume 1.