George Huntington’s “On chorea” after 150 years: How a “few words” changed the history of a disease.

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https://doi.org/10.31157/an.v28i3.395

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Huntington’s disease, chorea, History of Medicine

Author Biography

Sergio Andrés Castillo Torres, Movement Disorders Service, Neurology Department, Fleni. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Edmond J. Safra Fellow in Movement Disorders at Movement Disorders Service, Neurology Department, Fleni. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

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2022-08-20

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Castillo Torres, S. A. (2022). George Huntington’s “On chorea” after 150 years: How a “few words” changed the history of a disease. Archivos De Neurociencias, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.31157/an.v28i3.395

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Vol. 28 No. 3 (2023)

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Neuroscience History and Philosophy

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