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A Genetic Study of Psychosis in Huntington's Disease: Evidence for the Involvement of Glutamate Signaling Pathways.
Journal of Huntington's disease - 1 Jan 2018
Tsuang Debby W, Greenwood Tiffany A, Jayadev Suman, Davis Marie, Shutes-David Andrew, Bird Thomas D
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BACKGROUND: Psychotic symptoms of delusions and hallucinations occur in about 5% of persons with Huntington's disease (HD). The mechanisms underlying these occurrences are unknown, but the same symptoms also occur in schizophrenia, and thus genetic risk factors for schizophrenia may be relevant to the development of psychosis in HD. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible role of genes associated with...
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