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Neuropsychological Approach to Dementia

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Clinical neuropsychology (CN) is considered useful to the neurologist insofar as it can supply information on the plurisectorial cognitive incompetence which lends the mean characteristic to organic mental deterioration (OMD), i.e., dementia (D). The general aim of this paper is twofold: to discuss the diagnostic utility of studying OMD neuropsychological, and to scrutinize which research goals may most appropriately be tackled using this approach.

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  1. Neuropsychology Center and 1st Neurological Department of the University, S. Paolo Hospital, via di Rudini 8, 20142, Milan, Italy

    H. Spinnler

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  1. E. Capitani
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  2. S. Della Sala
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  1. Abteilung Neurologie, R.W.T.H., Pauwelsstraße, 5100, Aachen, Germany

    Klaus Poeck

  2. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Moorenstraße 5, 4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Freund

  3. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Heinz Gänshirt

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Capitani, E., Della Sala, S., Spinnler, H. (1986). Neuropsychological Approach to Dementia. In: Poeck, K., Freund, HJ., Gänshirt, H. (eds) Neurology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70007-1_7

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