Association of obsessive-compulsive disorder and pathological gambling with Huntington's disease in an Italian pedigree: possible association with Huntington's disease mutation.
This paper describes a pedigree with Huntington's disease (HD), in which three cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and two cases of pathological gambling (PG) were identified. The mutation analysis of the HD gene was carried out in the examined individuals who were at risk for HD. In fact, OCD and PG only occurred in carriers of the HD expansion. The possible implications of this finding are discussed.
De Marchi
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Italy.
Morris
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Mennella
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La Pia
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Nestadt
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015897:Comorbidity; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D003704:Dementia / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012306:Risk; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats / Q000235:genetics