Non-choreic movement disorders as initial manifestations of Huntington's disease

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 B, 2007, Pages 402-405

  Becker, Nilson ^a   Munhoz, Renato P ^a   Raskin, Salmo ^b   Werneck, Lineu César ^a   Teive, Hélio A G ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Genetika   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chorea; Huntington's disease; Movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM; TIC;

EID: 34547641372     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000300007     Document Type: Article

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