Upper gastrointestinal findings in Huntington's disease: Patients suffer but do not complain

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1607-1611

  Andrich, Jürgen E ^a   Wobben, Michael ^a   Klotz, Peter ^a   Goetze, Oliver ^a   Saft, Carsten ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; Gastritis; GERD; Huntington's disease; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; DYSKINESIAS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70949107164     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-009-0310-1     Document Type: Article

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