Weight changes in Huntington's disease [6]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Robbins, A O ^a   Ho, A K ^a   Barker, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Gastrointestinal; Huntington's disease; Questionnaire; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHOREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE;

EID: 33746444257     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01319.x     Document Type: Letter

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