Psychiatric Presentation of Huntington's Disease in a Malaysian
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C N Chin, MRCPsych*, K H S'ng, FRCP**, G Philip, MBBS*, R Rosdinom, MMed(Psych)*, A Wahidah, MPath***, * Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lurnpur, ** Department of Neurology, Kuala Lurnpur Hospital; Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lurnpur, ***Department of Pathology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lurnpur
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