Revisiting the neuropsychiatry of Huntington's disease

ABSTRACT Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease classified under the choreas. Besides motor symptoms, HD is marked by cognitive and behavioral symptoms, impacting patients' functional capacity. The progression of cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatr...

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Main Authors: Antonio Lucio Teixeira, Leonardo Cruz de Souza, Natalia Pessoa Rocha, Erin Furr-Stimming, Edward C. Lauterbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642016000400261&lng=en&tlng=en