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. 1988 Dec;51(12):1498-502.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.12.1498.

Dementia and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

F Girotti  1 , P Soliveri, F Carella, I Piccolo, P Caffarra, M Musicco, T Caraceni
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Dementia and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

F Girotti et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1988 Dec.

Abstract

The frequency of dementia, the clinical characteristics and the pattern of cognitive impairment were studied in 147 unselected Parkinsonian patients. Twenty-one patients (14.28%) were judged to be demented. They had a more severe and widespread cognitive deficit although they were affected particularly in those tests that already discriminated Parkinsonian patients from controls. A direct comparison of Parkinsonian dementia with other types of dementia is needed to validate the concept of subcortical dementia.

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