Mental Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
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[Mental dysfunction in Parkinson's disease].
In Parkinson's disease, mental disturbances frequently accompany the typical motor disorder. Subcortical dementia develops in 10 to 20% of patients. Contrary to the dementia of Alzheimer's type, the apraxia-aphasia-amnesia syndrome is uncommon. Depression and specific impairment of speech, visuospatial functions, and memory are present in an important proportion of patients. As a principal feat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Parkinson's Disease
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1877-718X,1877-7171
DOI: 10.3233/jpd-149002