Which of the following diseases is a chronic, progressive,
hereditary disease of the nervous system that results in progressive
involuntary dance-like movement and dementia?
a) Huntington’s disease
Because it is transmitted as an autosomal dominant genetic disorder,
each child of a parent with HD has a 50% risk of inheriting the illness.
b) Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the
CNS characterized by the occurrence of small patches of demyelination
in the brain and spinal cord.
c) Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine
due to destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra
in the basal ganglia of the brain.
d) Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease is a rare, transmissible, progressive fatal
disease of the central nervous system characterized by spongiform
degeneration of the gray matter of the brain.
hereditary disease of the nervous system that results in progressive
involuntary dance-like movement and dementia?
a) Huntington’s disease
Because it is transmitted as an autosomal dominant genetic disorder,
each child of a parent with HD has a 50% risk of inheriting the illness.
b) Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the
CNS characterized by the occurrence of small patches of demyelination
in the brain and spinal cord.
c) Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine
due to destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra
in the basal ganglia of the brain.
d) Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease is a rare, transmissible, progressive fatal
disease of the central nervous system characterized by spongiform
degeneration of the gray matter of the brain.