Artigo Revisado por pares

Mental deterioration, visuoperceptive disabilities and constructional apraxia in Parkinson's disease

2009; Wiley; Volume: 66; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb03135.x

ISSN

1600-0404

Autores

Claudio Villardita, Pietro Smirni, Francesco Le Pira, Giuseppe Zappalà, Francesco Nicoleiti,

Tópico(s)

Neurological disorders and treatments

Resumo

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.

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