## Abstract Dementia represents an exclusion criterion for the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy (MSA), but there have been reports of fronto‐executive dysfunction in patients with MSA of the striatonigral type (MSA‐P). To study the cognitive profile of MSA, 20 patients with MSA of the cerebella
Factors influencing the cognitive function in patients with multiple system atrophy
✍ Scribed by Kunio Kawamura; Takayoshi Shimohata; Hideaki Nakayama; Masahiko Tomita; Tetsutaro Ozawa; Masatoyo Nishizawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 481 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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