Postural tremor as first symptom of Huntington disease].
E Bernard, E Broussolle, S Thobois
Service de neurologie C, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Lyon-I, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France.
Revue neurologique 2010 OctInitial manifestations of Huntington's disease (HD) are varied and chorea is not always the first motor symptom. We report the case of a 44-year-old woman, with a family history of HD, who presented isolated head and upper limbs tremor for 4 years. Genetic testing confirmed the diagnosis of HD and no cause of secondary postural tremor was found. Propanolol was introduced with success. This kind of presentation is unusual and has mostly been reported in the juvenile form of HD. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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E Bernard, E Broussolle, S Thobois. Postural tremor as first symptom of Huntington disease]. Revue neurologique. 2010 Oct;166(10):841-3
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