Early frontal impairment as a predictor of dementia in Parkinson's disease

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 546-547

  Piccirilli, Massimo ^a   D'Alessandro, Patrizia ^a   Finali, Giancarlo ^a   Piccinin, Gianluigi ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0031067158     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.2.546-a     Document Type: Letter

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