HUNTINGTON's CHOREA IN TWINS
1935; American Medical Association; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archneurpsyc.1935.02250160154013
ISSN2330-9628
Autores Tópico(s)Neurological disorders and treatments
ResumoOnly a few cases of Huntington's chorea in twins have been reported. Our search through the literature has brought to light reports of only four such cases. In the course of our study of mental disorders in twins a case of this kind was brought to our attention by Dr. George H. Stevenson, superintendent of the Ontario Hospital at Whitby, Canada. The object of this communication is to review briefly the reports of cases gathered from the literature and to report a new case. REPORT OF CASES Case 1 (Russell,1 1894). —Male twins, probably monozygotic, both affected. The father of the twins was choreic as was also probably the paternal grandmother. The twins had three brothers and three sisters (ages not given) who were free from chorea at the time of the report. The chorea developed in both twins at the age of 27 years, occurring a little earlier
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