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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2017

Juvenile Huntington's Disease: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations for the Psychiatrist.

Joanna Quigley

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2026
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  4. Efficacy of aripiprazole in pediatric-onset Huntington's disease: a case report and literature review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  5. Metabolomics: a new frontier in neurodegenerative disease biomarker discovery.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025
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  6. Observational
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  8. Clinical Review of Juvenile Huntington's Disease.Journal of Huntington's disease · 2024
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  11. Pain in Huntington's disease and its potential mechanisms.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joanna QuigleyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Rachel Upjohn Building, 4250 Plymouth Road, SPC 5766, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2700, USA. joannaq@med.umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Juvenile Huntington's disease (JHD) is a neurodegenerative disease with onset prior to the age of 21. While it accounts for a relatively small proportion of Huntington's disease (HD) diagnoses, its impact is significant on the quality of life for those affected. Clinicians may be unaware that HD can present in childhood and adolescence, delaying diagnosis. HD develops due to an expanded CAG repeat in the huntington gene. Rigidity, dystonia, and seizures are more common in JHD. Cognitive changes such as executive function impairments and decline in school performance are common. The burden of psychiatric symptoms is considerable and includes depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and aggression. While novel approaches to treatment interventions are investigated, current care is limited to targeting symptoms rather than disease modification. Prompt diagnosis and symptomatic treatment can maximize quality of life for these patients.

Indexed as

PsychiatryAdolescentBehavioral SymptomsChildCognition DisordersDelayed DiagnosisEarly Medical InterventionHumansHuntington DiseaseMental DisordersQuality of LifeAnxietyChoreaDepressionJuvenile Huntington’s diseaseNeurodegenerativeNeuropsychiatricRigidity

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PMID28168595
OpenAlexW2586125049

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