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Late-onset Huntington's disease: a geriatric psychiatry perspective
K I Shulman1, A Lennox, H Karlinsky
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Late-onset Huntington's disease is more common than has been generally appreciated and is associated with a wide range of psychiatric symptoms and syndromes. Geriatric psychiatrists have an important role to play in establishing the diagnosis and providing guidance to elderly patients and their families as they struggle with difficult management decisions. An illustrative case report and selective literature review are presented that highlight the genetic and clinical aspects of the condition.