Juvenile Huntington's disease presenting as difficult-to-treat seizure and the first episode of psychosis

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436.e9-436.e11

  Chuo, Yi Ping ^a   Hou, Po Hsun ^a   Chan, Chin Hong ^a,b,c   Lin, Chih Chien ^a,d,e   Liao, Yi Chu ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile Huntington's disease; Psychosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CAG REPEAT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; GAIT DISORDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84862768602     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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