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SUBMITTER: You SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4029327 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
You S Christine SC Geschwind Michael D MD Sha Sharon J SJ Apple Alexandra A Satris Gabriella G Wood Kristie A KA Johnson Erica T ET Gooblar Jonathan J Feuerstein Jeanne S JS Finkbeiner Steven S Kang Gail A GA Miller Bruce L BL Hess Christopher P CP Kramer Joel H JH Possin Katherine L KL
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 20131227 3
<h4>Background</h4>We investigated the viability of psychometrically robust executive function measures as markers for premanifest Huntington's disease (HD).<h4>Methods</h4>Fifteen premanifest HD subjects and 42 controls were compared on the NIH EXAMINER executive function battery. This battery yields an overall executive composite score, plus working memory, cognitive control, and fluency scores that are measured on psychometrically matched scales. The scores were correlated with two disease ma ...[more]