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The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington's and the Making of a Genetic Disease
The Woman Who Walked into the Sea Huntington's and the Making of a Genetic Disease
Author: Alice Wexler
When Phebe Hedges, a woman in East Hampton, New York, walked into the sea in 1806, she made visible the historical experience of a family affected by the dreaded disorder of movement, mind, and mood her neighbors called St.Vitus's dance. Doctors later spoke of Huntington’s chorea, and today it is known as Huntington's disease. This book is...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300105025
ISBN-10: 0300105029
Publication Date: 9/30/2008
Pages: 288
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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