George Huntington: a legacy of inquiry, empathy and hope

On the centenary of George Huntington's death, Wexler et.al. reconsider the setting and the collaborative effort that produced his description of “hereditary chorea,” today Huntington's disease. Tracing the changing identity of this illness, they discuss the legacy of eugenics, the search...

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Autores principales: Wexler, Alice, Wild, Edward J., Tabrizi, Sarah J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4958906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27421790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww165
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spelling pubmed-49589062016-07-27 George Huntington: a legacy of inquiry, empathy and hope Wexler, Alice Wild, Edward J. Tabrizi, Sarah J. Brain Dorsal column On the centenary of George Huntington's death, Wexler et.al. reconsider the setting and the collaborative effort that produced his description of “hereditary chorea,” today Huntington's disease. Tracing the changing identity of this illness, they discuss the legacy of eugenics, the search for the gene, and ongoing research toward a cure. Oxford University Press 2016-08 2016-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4958906/ /pubmed/27421790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww165 Text en © The Author (2016). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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