Cognitive and psychiatric characterization of patients with Huntington's disease and their at-risk relatives

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Soliveri, P ^a   Monza, D ^a   Piacentini, S ^a   Paridi, D ^a   Nespolo, C ^a   Gellera, C ^a   Mariotti, C ^a   Albanese, A ^a   Girotti, F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036757010     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720200091     Document Type: Article

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