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DSM-IV: 294.1 Dementia Due to Huntington's Disease


A characteristic movement disorder accompanies the Dementia resulting from this progressive inherited disease.

Diagnostic Criteria: Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions

Also: Huntington's chorea, Woody Guthrie

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994



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