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Added Value of the Neuropsychological Evaluation for Diagnosis and Research of Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders

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Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders

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Diseases with movement disorders may be difficult to diagnose, both at the onset when motor symptoms are mild and not sufficiently specific (e.g., difficulty in manipulating objects), or at the end stage when distinctive motor signs are diluted into a severe and polymorphous clinical picture (e.g., gait disorder with postural instability and cognitive decline in aged patients). Erroneous diagnoses are frequent (1,2), even in the most common idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) (3). Some of these errors may be avoided if the cognitive dysfunctions that often accompany these diseases are included in the diagnostic criteria.

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Dubois, B., Pillon, B. (2005). Added Value of the Neuropsychological Evaluation for Diagnosis and Research of Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders. In: Litvan, I. (eds) Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-834-X:185

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