Chorea in an octogenarian

Neurologist

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-166

  Gilstad, John ^a   Reich, Stephen G ^b,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorea; Huntington's chorea

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE;

EID: 0038350770     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127893-200305000-00005     Document Type: Article

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