## 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
Spatial cognition in Parkinson’s disease and neurodegenerative dementias
✍ Scribed by Lucilla Parnetti; Paolo Calabresi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-4782
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