Case 2-1992
- 9 January 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 326 (2) , 117-125
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199201093260207
Abstract
Presentation of CaseAn 88-year-old woman was seen at this hospital because of a question of Huntington's disease.The patient was well until 28 years earlier, around the time that her husband had a stroke, when she became less interested in her usual activities and spent much time staring out a window. Approximately five years later she began to make restless movements, characterized by repeated lifting of her heels off the ground and by turning her feet from side to side. When the patient was 69 years old, a physician who cared for her and two of her sisters noted . . .Keywords
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