Are cognitive and behavioural deficits a part of the clinical picture in Kennedy's disease? A case study

Neurocase

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-337

  Mirowska Guzel, Dagmara ^a,b   Seniow, Joanna ^a   Sulek, Anna ^a   Lesniak, Marcin ^a   Członkowska, Anna ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Genetic diagnosis; Kennedy disease; Neuropsychological assessment; Personality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FATIGUE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRRITABILITY; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY DISORDER; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VISUAL MEMORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BULBO-SPINAL ATROPHY, X-LINKED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPEECH DISORDERS; TREMOR;

EID: 74749106336     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790902842003     Document Type: Article

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