title: Américo Negrette and Huntington's disease.
abstract: The authors present a historical review of the seminal clinical contribution of Professor Américo Negrette, a Venezuelan neurologist, to the evolution of scientific knowledge about Huntington's disease.
authors.affiliation: Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moscovich
authors.forename: Renato P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Munhoz
authors.forename: Nilson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Egberto Reis
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Alberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Espay
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: Hélio A G
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Teive
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000266:history*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D014687:Venezuela