COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY
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Cognitive performance in multiple system atrophy.
The cognitive performance of a group of patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) of striato-nigral predominance was compared with that of age and IQ matched control subjects, using three tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction and a battery sensitive to memory and learning deficits in Parkinson's disease and dementia of the Alzheimer type. The MSA group showed significant deficits in all...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0006-8950,1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/115.1.271