Cognitive follow up of a small cohort of Huntington's disease patients over a 5 year period

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Mason, Sarah L ^a   Wijeyekoon, Ruwani ^b   Swain, Rachel ^b   Ho, Aileen K ^c   Smith, Emma L ^a   Sahakian, Barbara ^b   Barker, Roger A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b The Center for Brain Repair   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873417287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.RRN1174     Document Type: Article

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