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Psychiatric symptoms and CAG repeats in neurologically asymptomatic Huntington's disease gene carriers.
Psychiatry research - 24 Jul 2001
Berrios G E, Wagle A C, Marková I S, Wagle S A, Ho L W, Rubinsztein D C, Whittaker J, Ffrench-Constant C, Kershaw A, Rosser A, Bak T, Hodges J R
Abstract excerpt
The putative relationship between the psychiatric profile of a sample of neurologically asymptomatic Huntington's disease gene carriers and CAG repeats was investigated. The psychiatric assessments (by consultant psychiatrist and computerised battery) were undertaken before the genetic testing was carried out. In this way, the informational distortions caused by neurological and cognitive deficits were avoided....
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