Huntington's chorea in a black Rhodesian family.
Clinical features suggesting a diagnosis of Huntington's chorea in several siblings in a Black Rhodesian family are described. A progressive and eventually fatal mental deterioration accompanied by gradually worsening choreiform movements has until the present time occurred in only a single generation of this family, which precludes a definitive diagnosis based on the triad of family history, chorea and dementia. It is suggested that Huntington's chorea is the most likely diagnosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D010375:Pedigree; D015030:Zimbabwe