Friedman J H, Ambler M
Division of Neurology, Roger Williams General Hospital, Providence, RI 02908.
Mov Disord. 1990;5(3):251-3. doi: 10.1002/mds.870050313.
Senile chorea, a late-onset, slowly progressive disorder without mental changes, is a poorly characterized entity. It is often thought to represent late-onset Huntington's disease in which the chorea precedes the mental changes and the family history is absent due to parental death before symptoms. The following case differs pathologically from Huntington's disease and from previous reports of senile chorea.
老年舞蹈症是一种起病较晚、进展缓慢且无精神改变的疾病，其特征尚不明确。它常被认为是迟发性亨廷顿舞蹈症，其中舞蹈症先于精神改变出现，且由于父母在症状出现前已去世，故无家族史。以下病例在病理上与亨廷顿舞蹈症及先前报道的老年舞蹈症不同。
