Estimating premorbid functioning in Huntington's disease: The relationship between disease progression and the wide range achievement test reading subtest

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-66

  O'Rourke, Justin J F ^a,b   Adams, William H ^a   Duff, Kevin ^c   Byars, Joanne ^a   Nopoulos, Peg ^a   Paulsen, Jane S ^a   Beglinger, Leigh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; basal ganglia; dementia; Huntington's disease; movement disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251531187     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq088     Document Type: Article

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