Executive impairment is associated with unawareness of neuropsychiatric symptoms in premanifest and early Huntington's disease.

Sophie C AndrewsDavid CraufurdAlexandra DurrBlair R LeavittRaymund A RoosSarah J TabriziJulie C Stout

Published in: Neuropsychology (2018)

Executive impairment is a useful early predictor of unawareness of neuropsychiatric symptoms in HD. Clinicians should closely monitor HD patients with executive impairment for unawareness, and consider this when assessing neuropsychiatric symptoms in HD and providing education to patients and families. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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