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Lithium treatment of Huntington's chorea
Author(s) -
Vestergaard P.,
Baastrup P. C.,
Petersson H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1977.tb03561.x
Subject(s) - chorea , lithium (medication) , placebo , psychology , therapeutic effect , medicine , psychiatry , double blind , huntington's disease , anesthesia , pathology , alternative medicine , disease
The therapeutic effect of lithium in Huntington's chorea was tested in six patients through a double‐blind cross‐over comparison of lithium and placebo, each administered for 6 weeks. Four of the patients received neuroleptic drugs at the same time. Lithium and placebo periods did not did not differ as regards motor skills, hyperkinesias, or total ward situation, all rated quantitatively with the use of scales. Lithium does not seem to be of therapeutic value in Huntington's chorea.