Cognitive Impairment in Spinocerebellar Degeneration
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Cognitive impairment in spinocerebellar degeneration.
It has been reported that patients with spinocerebellar degenerations (SCDs) have cognitive dysfunction as well as limb and truncal ataxia, dysarthria and dysphagia. We review cognitive dysfunction in common types of SCD, including spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, 6, and 17, dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, Friedreich's ataxia, and multiple system atrophy. There are few studies that a...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Neurology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0014-3022,1421-9913
DOI: 10.1159/000206850