## Abstract Over the last decade, the importance of cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson's disease (PDD) has been increasingly recognized. Investigators have proposed criteria for PD dementia, and mild cognitive impairment. Risk profiles associated with the development of dementia based o
Memory and executive function impairment predict dementia in Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by Gilberto Levy; Diane M. Jacobs; Ming-Xin Tang; Lucien J. Côté; Elan D. Louis; Brenda Alfaro; Helen Mejia; Yaakov Stern; Karen Marder
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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