A case of affective disorder with psychotic symptoms as late manifestation of huntingtons chorea;Affektive Störung mit psychotischen Symptomen als späte Manifestation einer Chorea Huntington

Psychiatrische Praxis

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 306-308

  Rittmannsberger, Hans ^a   Gebetsberger, Barbara ^a   Pichler, Robert ^a   Rotaru, Julia ^a   Trattmayr, Nina ^a   Zaunmüller, Thomas ^a  

^a Psychiatrie 1   (Austria)

Author keywords

affective disorder; depression; ECT; Huntingtons Chorea; psychotic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80052317055     PISSN: 03034259     EISSN: 14390876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1266135     Document Type: Article

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