The diagnosis of huntington’s disease

Susan E. Folstein; R. John Leigh; Irma M. Parhad; Marshal F. Folstein

doi:10.1212/wnl.36.10.1279

The diagnosis of huntington’s disease

Susan E. Folstein, R. John Leigh, Irma M. Parhad, Marshal F. Folstein

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Abstract

We investigated all patients in Maryland reported to have Huntington’s disease (HD), and found considerable diaenostic inaccuracv. Fifteen percent of cases reported as HD actually had some other diagnosable condition; 11% of cases that met diagnostic criteria for HD had been given some other diagnosis. Diagnostic errors could be reduced by documentation of the family history by systematic interviewing of relatives and by demonstration of the characteristic disorder of voluntary movement in addition to chorea.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1279-1283
Number of pages	5
Journal	Neurology
Volume	36
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.36.10.1279
State	Published - Oct 1986

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