Term Name: Huntington's disease
Synonyms: HD, Huntington disease, Huntington's chorea
Definition: A neurodegenerative disease that has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance and is characterized by unwanted choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and dementia and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) resulting in neuron degeneration affecting muscle coordination, cognitive abilities.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:12858]   ( DOID:12858 )

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is a type of: neurodegenerative disease