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Early Huntington's Disease: Impulse Control Deficits but Correct Judgment Regarding Risky Situations.
Journal of Huntington's disease - 1 Jan 2017
Galvez Victor, Fernandez-Ruiz Juan, Bayliss Leo, Ochoa-Morales Adriana, Hernandez-Castillo Carlos R, Díaz Rosalinda, Campos-Romo Aurelio
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BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) patients show alterations in decision making tasks. However, it is still uncertain if these deficits are due to poor judgment regarding risky situations, or to impulse control deficits. OBJECTIVE: To elucidate whether decision-making in patients is related to genuine risk behavior or to impulse control deficits. METHODS: To test between these two alternative possibilities, we...
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