Huntington's disease

Summary

Huntington's disease is a designated intractable/rare disease^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,730 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Huntington's disease is credited with the discovery of George Huntington^[3].
• Huntington's disease's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease^[4].
• Huntington's disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[5].
• Huntington's disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[6].
• Huntington's disease's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign^[7].
• George Huntington is named after Huntington's disease^[8].
• Huntington's disease is a type of neurodegeneration^[9].
• Huntington's disease is a type of Huntington disease and related disorders^[10].
• Huntington's disease is a type of eye degenerative disease^[11].
• Huntington's disease is a type of genetic neurodegenerative disease with dementia^[12].
• Huntington's disease is a type of trinucleotide repeat disorder^[13].
• Huntington's disease is a type of disease^[14].
• Huntington's disease's Commons category is recorded as Huntington's disease^[15].
• Huntington's disease's time of discovery or invention is recorded as April 13, 1872^[16].
• Huntington's disease's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as P70^[17].
• Huntington's disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as personality change^[18].
• Huntington's disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as choreatic disease^[19].
• Huntington's disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as weight loss^[20].
• Huntington's disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as dementia^[21].
• Huntington's disease's has cause is recorded as trinucleotide repeat expansion^[22].
• Huntington's disease's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Huntington's disease^[23].
• Huntington's disease's medical examination is recorded as genetic testing^[24].
• Huntington's disease's described at URL is recorded as https://lirh.it/it/come-si-manifesta-la-malattia-di-huntington^[25].
• Huntington's disease's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.000123'}^[26].
• Huntington's disease's mode of inheritance is recorded as autosomal dominant^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Huntington's disease is credited with the discovery of George Huntington^[3].

Why It Matters

Huntington's disease ranks in the top 2% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,730 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]