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Poor attentional function predicts cognitive decline in patients with non-demented Parkinson's disease independent of motor phenotype.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Dec 2008
Taylor J-P, Rowan E N, Lett D, O'Brien J T, McKeith I G, Burn D J
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BACKGROUND: Postural instability gait difficulty (PIGD) motor phenotype in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a faster rate of cognitive decline than in tremor dominant cases and may be a risk factor for incident dementia. People with PD display attentional deficits; however, it is not clear whether attentional deficits in patients with non-demented PD are associated with (i) PIGD phenotype and/or (ii)...
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