title: Conditions associated with Huntington's disease at death. A case-control study.
abstract: To identify conditions associated with reduced survival in patients with Huntington's disease, we studied all 1978 US death certificates on which Huntington's disease (331.0 in the International Classification of Diseases, eighth revision) was listed. For each of the 495 cases identified, two control deaths were matched by age, race, sex, county, and year of death. Pneumonia, choking, nutritional deficiencies, and chronic skin ulcers were increased in cases relative to controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lanska
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lanska
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lavine
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D002423:Cause of Death; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000150:complications*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications