Huntington's disease patients show impaired perception of disgust in the gustatory and olfactory modalities

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-121

  Mitchell, I J ^a   Heims, H ^b   Neville, E A ^b   Rickards, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 14144253830     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.17.1.119     Document Type: Article

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