Memory and learning are not impaired in presymptomatic individuals with an increased risk of Huntington's disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 831-836

  De Boo, Gerly M ^a   Tibben, Aad ^a   Hermans, Jo ^c   Jennekens Schinkel, Aag ^c   Maat Kievit, Anneke ^c   Roos, Raymund A C ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033367516     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.21.6.831.854     Document Type: Article

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