Psychopathological changes preceding motor symptoms in Huntington's disease: A report on four cases

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-58

  Amann, Benedikt ^a   Sterr, Andrea ^a   Thoma, Heike ^a   Messer, Thomas ^a   Kapfhammer, Hans Peter ^a   Grunze, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; neurodegenerative disorder; psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033993323     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622970009150566     Document Type: Article

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