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. 1993 Feb 27;123(8):317-27.

[Differential diagnosis of chronic gait disorders of neurologic origin in old age]

[Article in German]
W Waespe  1 , M Hafner, R Diener, E Bächli
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[Differential diagnosis of chronic gait disorders of neurologic origin in old age]

[Article in German]
W Waespe et al. Schweiz Med Wochenschr. .

Abstract

The differential diagnosis of chronic gait difficulties with falls in the elderly, due to neurological diseases, is discussed. The spectrum is quite wide and encompasses central and peripheral pathologies of the nervous system. For centrally induced gait difficulties auxiliary examinations correspond to those used in the evaluation of dementia.

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