Early modifications of auditory event-related potentials in carriers of the Huntington's disease gene

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 192-198

  de Tommaso, Marina ^a,b   Sciruicchio, Vittorio ^a   Specchio, Nicola ^a   Difruscolo, Olimpia ^a   Vitale, Carmela ^a   Specchio, Luigi Maria ^a   Puca, Francomichele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory event related potentials; Huntington's Disease; Presymptomatic gene carriers

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 1342289510     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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