In a much earlier reply to your query, asking if anyone was studying
"Corea of Hughinton", I said Nancy Wexler has been studying
HUNTINGTON's chorea. I recognize that Corea may be the Italian
spelling of chorea, but SURELY you are talking about Huntington's
disease, which I assume is not spelled "Hughinton" even in Italian. If
I am wrong, or if there is a neurological disease known as Hughinton's
chorea, please tell me. If not, you would have a more fruitful search
using the spelling I suggest--e.g. in Medline. Possibly the
Huntington's Disease Foundation has a web page by now (I knew Marjorie
Guthrie briefly before her death, but have not kept up with their
activities).
Nancy Wexler has been involved in the work that identified a genetic
anomaly undelying the disease (excessive repetition of a particular
stretch of DNA code on a particular gene, I believe), but I don't
think there is any real treatment yet. Ther disease is inexorable and
fatal, but I believe some symptomatic treatments using psychotropic
drugs may sometimes be used in an effort to control some aspects of
the disease.
Frank LeFever
New York Neuropsychology Group
In <6f0tgm$aap$1 at news.flashnet.it> "aurelio" <rm03714 at flashnet.it>
writes:
>>Hi I Wanted to know if there am to study him/it some medicines for
Corea of
>Hughinton!!
>Aurelio
>>rm03714 at flashnet.it>>>>>
