Huntington disease: A case study of early onset presenting as depression

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1293-1297

  Duesterhus, Pia ^a   Schimmelmann, Benno Graf ^a   Wittkugel, Oliver ^a   Schulte Markwort, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood onset; Juvenile depression; Juvenile Huntington disease

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 4644240912     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000134494.65678.65     Document Type: Article

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