Neuropsychiatric facets of Hungtington's disease: Report of two cases and review of the literature;Neuropsychiatrische aspekte der chorea Huntington: Vorstellung zweier fälle und literaturübersicht

Nervenarzt

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 258-266

  Tost, H ^a   Schmitt, A ^a   Brassen, S ^b   Wendt, C S ^a   Braus, D F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Huntington's disease; Neurology; Neuropsychology; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOREA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PLEIOTROPY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 1642309467     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-003-1594-2     Document Type: Review

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