Americo Negrette (1924 to 2003): Diagnosing Huntington disease in Venezuela

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 340-343

  Okun, Michael S ^a   Thommi, Nia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MANIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENEZUELA;

EID: 3242811180     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000129827.16522.78     Document Type: Review

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