Treatment of Huntington's disease with galantamine.
We present the case of a patient with Huntington's disease and psychosis, whose motor and psychiatric symptoms improved after administration of galantamine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
Petrikis
P
P
First Psychiatric Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Andreou
C
C
Piachas
A
A
Bozikas
V P
VP
Karavatos
A
A
D000328:Adult; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005702:Galantamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000187:drug effects
D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D005702:Galantamine