Huntington's disease: psychiatric issues of a paradigmatic neuropsychiatric disorder
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https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.6043Keywords:
Huntington's Disease, neuropsychiatric, psychiatric symptoms, diagnosisAbstract
Huntington's Disease (HD) can be considered a paradigmatic neuropsychiatric disorder that has three components: motor, cognitive and behavioral symptoms. The author synthetizes research developed on epidemiology and etipathogeny of HD and makes reference to more usual symptoms, emphasizing psychiatric symptoms, often the first manifestation of HD. About a clinical case, the author points out rhe great phenotypic variability of this disease, reflects about ways to develop the knowledge of the neuropsychiatric manifestations in order to achieve new treatment strategies in this area, finallt, ameliorate the comprehension of cerebral function.Downloads
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