We read with interest the article by Dujardin et al., in which the investigators aimed to design a simple neuropsychological battery able to easily and accurately screen for dementia in Parkinson's disease (PDD) in routine clinical practice. 1 Brief cognitive tests have been developed in the field o
Reply: Brief cognitive tests in the screening of dementia in Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by Kathy Dujardin; Bruno Dubois; François Tison; Franck Durif; Isabelle Bourdeix; Jean-Jacques Péré; Alain Duhamel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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