History of description of Huntington disease in Russia Yury A. Seliverstov

Abstract

This paper reviews detailed historical aspects of description of Huntingtons disease (HD) in Russia. First not well-known publications reporting HD in Russia are presented. Diverse terminology which was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Russian medical literature on HD is discussed. The author touches upon a problem of using unified Russian terms in the modern scientific publications on HD.

Keywords

• болезнь гентингтона, хорея, россия, история описания, термины