Apathy is not depression in Huntington's disease

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-270

  Naarding, Paul ^a,d   Janzing, Joost G E ^b   Eling, Paul ^c   Van Der Werf, Sieberen ^b   Kremer, Berry ^b  

^a GGNet Apeldoorn   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Sprenge Building   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 70349635120     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.3.266     Document Type: Article

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