Article
Cognitive deficits and personality patterns in maternally versus paternally inherited myotonic dystrophy.
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology - 1 Oct 1994
Palmer B W, Boone K B, Chang L, Lee A, Black S
Abstract excerpt
Neuropsychological functioning was compared between 7 myotonic dystrophy (MD) patients with maternal inheritance (mMD), 14 MD patients with paternal (pMD) inheritance, and 10 normal controls. Both groups evidenced slowed performance on a measure of information processing speed. However, the pMD group had an otherwise normal neuropsychological profile. In contrast, the mMD group exhibited abnormal scores on...
Topics
- Adult
- Cognition Disorders
- Female
- Frontal Lobe
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Humans
- Intelligence
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Neuropsychological Tests
