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Huntingtons disease is an incurable neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and some cognitive functions, typically becoming noticeable in middle age |
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It is the most common genetic cause of abnormal involuntary writhing movements called chorea and is much more common in people of Western European descent |
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The disease is caused by a dominant mutation on either of the two copies of a gene called Huntingtin, which means any child of an affected parent has a 50% risk of inheriting the disease |
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