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Visual function in Huntington's disease patients and presymptomatic gene carriers.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Sept 2003
O'Donnell Brian F, Wilt Marcia A, Hake Ann Marie, Stout Julie C, Kirkwood Sandra C, Foroud Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
Disturbances of visual cognition, visuomotor performance, and visual memory have been described frequently in Huntington's disease (HD). Early stage visual abnormalities could contribute to these deficits. We evaluated visual processing in 20 control subjects who were non-gene carriers at risk for HD, nine presymptomatic gene-positive subjects, and eight subjects with a recent diagnosis of Huntington's disease....
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