Incidence, course, and predictors of apathy in Huntington's disease: A two-year prospective study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-441

  Reedeker, Nanda ^a,b   Bouwens, Joseph A ^a,b   van Duijn, Erik ^a,b   Giltay, Erik J ^a,b   Roos, Raymund A C ^a,b   van der Mast, Roos C ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Mental Health Care Delfland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APATHY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COURSE EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROOP TEST; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST;

EID: 84858053230     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.23.4.jnp434     Document Type: Article

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