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The disease is named after George Huntington, a doctor of Ohio who published a paper in 1872 based on observations of patients in the East Hampton's, Long Island. The disease could be traced back to a family who had emigrated to the US in 1630 from a small Anglian town in Suffolk, England. If interested read the excellent "Saturday" by Ian McEwan which features a character with Huntington's Chorea.
Rhythmic twirl of wrist
There is a juvenile form of the illness which affects children and young adults under 21 at the point of diagnosis in which Rigidity, spasticity and dystonia are seen early
Hints at cruel genetic twist
CAG repeats
If child’s path trails parent’s fate
Younger would anticipate Link to author
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