Abstract
Description of a patient with Huntington's chorea of adult onset who subsequently developed an action myoclonus.
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È descritto il caso di una persona affetta da una forma di Corea di Huntington, iniziata in età adulta, in cui successivamente si è manifestato un mioclono d'azione.
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Previdi, P., Borgonovi, R. Myoclonus and Huntington's chorea: Description of a case. Ital J Neuro Sci 1, 189–191 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02335850
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