Clinical Manifestation of Juvenile and Pediatric HD Patients: A Retrospective Case Series by Jannis Achenbach, Charlotte Thiels, Thomas Lücke, Carsten Saft

“…This includes an attempted rape and robbery at the age of 12, as problems caused by the affected children, but also alcohol-dependency in a two-year-old induced by a non-HD affected stepfather. A high degree of suicidal attempts and ideations (31.2% in pediatric and 33.3% in juvenile group) was reported, including drinking of solvents, swallowing razor blades or jumping from the fifth floor with following incomplete paraparesis. …”
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