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Psychopathology in Huntington's disease patients.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 1994
Shiwach R
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective study of 30 Huntington's disease families (110 patients: 75 alive and 35 dead) known to a regional genetic centre, using multiple sources of information, showed the minimum lifetime prevalence of depression to be 39% in the prodrome and the diagnosed disease phase of the illness. The frequency of symptomatic schizophrenia was found to be about 9% and significant personality changes were found in...
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