Association of obsessive-compulsive disorder and pathological gambling with Huntington's disease in an Italian pedigree: Possible association with Huntington's disease mutation

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-65

  De Marchi, N ^a,e   Morris, M ^b   Mennella, R ^a   La Pia, S ^c   Nestadt, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Apicella Hospital   (Italy)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Primo Policlinico Universitario   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; Huntington's disease; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; ITALY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031905286     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09964.x     Document Type: Article

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