Predicting Prognosis of Psychosis in Huntington's Disease: Case Report and Review of Literature

Huntington's disease (HD) is rare variant of progressive neurodegenerative disorder which follows an autosomal dominant pattern. Psychiatric comorbidities are not uncommon with HD. Mood disorder, cognitive disturbances, anxiety disorders, and psychosis are the psychiatric comorbidities reported...

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Autores principales: Kar, Sujita Kumar, Shahi, Mohit Kumar, Tripathi, Adarsh, Sharma, Praveen Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5488579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694638
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_453_16
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Sumario:Huntington's disease (HD) is rare variant of progressive neurodegenerative disorder which follows an autosomal dominant pattern. Psychiatric comorbidities are not uncommon with HD. Mood disorder, cognitive disturbances, anxiety disorders, and psychosis are the psychiatric comorbidities reported with HD. We report here a case of HD, where psychosis developed during illness. Prognosis of psychosis in HD is emphasized in this report with review of literature.

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