Medical Definition of Chronic progressive chorea

1. A progressive disorder usually beginning in young to middle age, consisting of a triad of choreoathetosis, dementia, and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance. Bilateral marked wasting of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus is characteristic. Synonym: chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chorea, Huntington's disease. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronic Progressive Chorea

chronic mountain sickness
chronic myelocytic leukemia
chronic myeloid leukaemia
chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia
chronic nephritis
chronic nonleukaemic myelosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
chronic pancreatitis
chronic pancreatitis: surgical treatment
chronic persistent hepatitis
chronic persisting hepatitis
chronic phase
chronic pleurisy
chronic pneumonia
chronic progressive chorea (current term)
chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
chronic progressive syphilitic meningoencephalitis
chronic pyelonephritis
chronic rejection
chronic renal failure
chronic respiratory disease
chronic rheumatism
chronic rhinitis
chronic shock
chronic soroche
chronic subglottic laryngitis
chronic symptomatic HIV infection
chronic tamponade
chronic toxicity

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