1842 DUNGLISON, Robley (1798 – 1869); WATERS, Charles Oscar (1816 – 1892)
Practice of medicine: A treatise on special pathology and therapeutics. 2 vols.
A case of chronic hereditary chorea in adults (“Huntington’s chorea”, see No. 4699) is described on pp. 312-13 of vol. 2. This is in the form of a letter from one of Dunglison's recently graduated students at Jefferso…
GMN 4691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/974
1872 HUNTINGTON, George (1850 – 1916)
On chorea.
The classic description by Huntington of the chronic degenerative hereditary type of chorea led to the eponym “Huntington’s chorea”. Earlier accounts of the disease were given by John Elliotson (Lancet, 1832, 1, 163),…
GMN 4699 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/985
1974 BRUYN, George Willem (1928 – 2002)
A centennial bibliography of Huntington’s chorea, 1872-1972.
Over 2,000 references to original works. Chronological arrangement. Author, geographic and other indexes. With F. Baro and N. C. Myrianthopoulos.
GMN 5019.15 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6691
1993 GUSELLA, James Francis (1952 – ); THE HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GROUP; ET AL
A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes.
Identification by the many scientists in The Huntington's Disease Collaborative Research Group, including Gusella, of the single defective gene on chromosome 4 that causes the progressive brain disorder, Huntington's …
GMN 14008 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16313
