Huntington's disease presenting as a depressive disorder with psychotic features [5]

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-308

  Jardri, Renaud ^a   Medjkane, François ^a   Cuisset, Jean Marie ^a   Vallee, Louis ^a   Delion, Pierre ^a   Goeb, Jean Louis ^a  

^a Cardiology Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; HYDROXYZINE; IMIPRAMINE; TETRABENAZINE;

CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847195685     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/chi.0b013e31802ed8c9     Document Type: Letter

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