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Mental deterioration, visuoperceptive disabilities and constructional apraxia in Parkinson's disease
Author(s) -
Villardita Claudio,
Smirni Pietro,
LE Pira Francesco,
Zappala Giuseppe,
Nicoleiti Francesco
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb03135.x
Subject(s) - apraxia , psychology , parkinson's disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , developmental psychology , audiology , disease , psychiatry , medicine , aphasia , pathology
20 patients with Parkinson's disease were tested for visuoperceptive disabilities and constructional apraxia versus a group of 20 controls. The visuoperceptive disabilities in the parkinsonians were relatively independent of mental deterioration, where present. The visuoperceptive dis‐abilities were responsible for constructional apraxia.