Familial aggregation of Schizophrenia-like symptoms in Huntington's disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Tsuang, Debby ^a,b   DiGiacomo, Lilly ^a   Lipe, Hillary ^a,c   Bird, Thomas D ^a,b,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Huntington's disease; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELUSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CAUSALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0032503888     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980710)81:4<323::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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