The Spectrum of Psychiatric Pathology in a Patient with Genetically Verified Huntington's Disease

Psychiatric and behavioral disturbances are common in Huntington's disease (HD) and contribute significantly to its morbidity and mortality. We herein present the case of a 43-year-old woman with genetically verified HD, whose deteriorating psychiatric condition necessitated multiple inpatient...

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Autores principales: Alkabie, Samir, Singh, Daljinder, Hernandez, Amy, Dumenigo, Rhaisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4588347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/742471
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author Alkabie, Samir
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description Psychiatric and behavioral disturbances are common in Huntington's disease (HD) and contribute significantly to its morbidity and mortality. We herein present the case of a 43-year-old woman with genetically verified HD, whose deteriorating psychiatric condition necessitated multiple inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations and featured a clinical spectrum of neuropsychiatric disturbances classically associated with HD. This paper reviews the literature concerning Huntington's psychopathology and provides an illustrative case example of its clinical nature.
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spelling pubmed-45883472015-10-08 The Spectrum of Psychiatric Pathology in a Patient with Genetically Verified Huntington's Disease Alkabie, Samir Singh, Daljinder Hernandez, Amy Dumenigo, Rhaisa Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Psychiatric and behavioral disturbances are common in Huntington's disease (HD) and contribute significantly to its morbidity and mortality. We herein present the case of a 43-year-old woman with genetically verified HD, whose deteriorating psychiatric condition necessitated multiple inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations and featured a clinical spectrum of neuropsychiatric disturbances classically associated with HD. This paper reviews the literature concerning Huntington's psychopathology and provides an illustrative case example of its clinical nature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4588347/ /pubmed/26451266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/742471 Text en Copyright © 2015 Samir Alkabie et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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