What does HC stand for?

Huntington's Chorea (hereditary progressive neurodegenerative disorder)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The disease was first described by the US doctor George Huntington in 1872, and originally named Huntington's chorea after the Greek word for dancing because of the jerky, involuntary movements it causes.

New hope in search for Huntington's cure

At the moment, scientists have to use human eggs left over from fertility treatments to harvest cells, but there are never enough for research to combat crippling diseases like Huntington's Chorea, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and even strokes.

Research will hurt no-one

In one case in which our firm was involved, a wealthy elderly man with Huntington's chorea had been virtually imprisoned and his assets extracted.

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In a mobile suspended from the ceiling Borland employs colourful slices of agate to illustrate the carriage of Huntington's chorea, a disease that affects co-ordination and brain function.

London \ Xandra Eden on Christine Borland

Tens of thousands more patients are to be offered genetic screening for hereditary diseases such as cancer and Huntington's chorea.

Genetic tests will give thousands more a vital early health warning

He developed Huntington's Chorea, depression and became paranoid.

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They ruled out everything else, such as MS, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's chorea, before calling me into say they had bad news.

LET MY GIRL HOME TO DIE; Donna McIntyre has only a few months to live ...

Bryan Bratby became depressed after being diagnosed with Huntington's chorea, an hereditary disease, caused by a defective gene for which there is no treatment for the illness.

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