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Ideomotor apraxia in patients with dementia of alzheimer type

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Ideomotor apraxia was checked in a carefully selected group of patients with Alzheimer's dementia, all in the mild stage of the disease. It was shown that ideomotor apraxia is not an early neuropsychological feature. When compared with other cognitive measures, the speed of deterioration of ideomotor apraxia appears to be particularly slow.

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  1. Neuropsychology Centre and Department of Neurology, University of Milan, Via Di Rudini 8, I-20142, Milan, Italy

    S. Della Sala & H. Spinnler

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy

    F. Lucchelli

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Study supported by grant from the “Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche” (No. 8001829). Preliminary data presented at the XXIV Annual Meeting of the Italian Neurological Society (Pisa, October 1985)

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Della Sala, S., Lucchelli, F. & Spinnler, H. Ideomotor apraxia in patients with dementia of alzheimer type. J Neurol 234, 91–93 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314108

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