Prehuntington’s teenager

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2022-12-20

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Yarnoz, N., Goñi-Navarro, A., Bueno-Sainz, O., Alvarez-Borillo, J., Mollà-Roig, P., & Gracia-Peligero, E. (2022). Prehuntington’s teenager. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 39(4), 42–45. https://doi.org/10.31766/revpsij.v39n4a5

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Vol. 39 No. 4 (2022): Octubre-Diciembre

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Huntington's disease, adolescent, psychosomatics

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The case of an adolescent referred to the Huntington's Unit for psychiatric assessment is selected. Objectives: To make a differential diagnosis between the symptoms of juvenile Huntington's disease (JHD) and the usual behaviors of an adolescent. To present the complexity of the dividing line between neurological and psychiatric disease. To detail the clinical-epidemiological profile of the patients seen in the Functional Huntington's Disease Unit of reference.

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