Chorea in an 83-year-old woman: Don't forget Huntington's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 983-984

  Lefaucheur, Romain ^a   Guyant Maréchal, Lucie ^a   Wallon, David ^a   Nicolas, Gaël ^a   Tollard, Eléonore ^a   Borden, Alaina ^a   Maltête, David ^a,b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DYSARTHRIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYOCLONUS; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRESS; WALKING AID;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOREA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE;

EID: 84862098223     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03912.x     Document Type: Letter

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