Huntington's disease research and practice: Reflections on the journey made and lessons learned

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 851-857

  Goh, Anita M Y ^a,b   Chiu, Edmond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; HUNTINGTIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DISCRIMINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE;

EID: 79960128951     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001062     Document Type: Review

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