Educational level as a modulator of cognitive performance and neuropsychyatric features in Parkinson disease

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Cohen, Oren S ^a,b,c   Vakil, Eli ^d   Tanne, David ^b,c   Nitsan, Zeev ^b,c   Schwartz, Roseline ^b,c   Hassin Baer, Sharon ^a,b,c  

^a Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Education; Neuropsychyatric features; Parkinson disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247557007     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3180335f8e     Document Type: Article

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