Impact of Huntington's across the entire disease spectrum: The phases and stages of disease from the patient perspective

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-239

  Ho, A ^a   Hocaoglu, Mb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional well being; Functional ability; Huntington's disease; Physical; Quality of life; Social

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79961128638     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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