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We aimed to describe the clinical features, electrophysiology, and radiologic features of HD in a tertiary care institute in northern India.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>One hundred and forty patients between 2017 and 2022 with clinical and imaging features consistent with HD were retrospectively reviewed from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Comprehensive Neuromuscular Diseases center database.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Majority were males with the mean age of onset of illness being 17.8 years. The median duration of the symptoms was 3 (1.5\u20134) years. Sixty-nine (49%) patients had unilateral involvement, and the disease was actively progressing in 88 (63%) patients at presentation. Two families had history of HD in two (1.4%) siblings. Electromyography showed abnormal findings in the clinically involved limb in all the patients and in the clinically uninvolved limb in 17\/50 (34%) patients. Flexion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated forward dural displacement in 134 (96%) patients and asymmetric cord flattening in 124 (88.5%) patients. Disability was graded as mild, moderate, and severe; 12 (13%) had severe disability. The majority were managed conservatively, and four underwent surgery for HD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A high index of suspicion of HD needs to be kept in a young male presenting with distal upper limb weakness and atrophy. Dynamic MRI of the cervical spine in young adults presenting with hand wasting is inevitable. 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