Huntington’S Disease Essays

BackgroundHuntington’s disease is inherited as an autosomal dominant disease that givesrise to progressive, elective (localized) neural cell death associated withcholeric movements (uncontrollable movements of the arms, legs, and face) anddementia. It is one of the more common inherited brain disorders. About 25,000Americans have it and another 60,000 or so will carry the defective gene andwill…