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    Hyposmia correlates with axial signs and gait disorder in Parkinson’s disease: an Italian Olfactory Identification Test study

    Olfactory dysfunction is a non-motor symptom and an important biomarker of Parkinson’s disease (PD) because of its high prevalence (> 90%). Whether hyposmia correlates with motor symptoms is unclear. In the pr...

    Nicola Tambasco, Alessandro Mechelli, Pasquale Nigro in Neurological Sciences (2024)

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    Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) among the Italian Dementia Centers: a study by the Italian DLB study group (DLB-SINdem)

    Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may represent a diagnostic challenge, since its clinical picture overlaps with other dementia. Two toolkits have been developed to aid the clinician to diagnose DLB: the Lewy Bo...

    Mirella Russo, Claudia Carrarini, Angelo Di Iorio in Neurological Sciences (2022)

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    Small-expanded allele spinocerebellar ataxia 17: imaging and phenotypic variability

    Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 (SCA17) is a rare genetic cause of adult-onset ataxia caused by an abnormal expansion of the CAG/CAA sequence in the TATA-box Binding Protein (TBP) gene. A number of repeats higher than ...

    Federico Paolini Paoletti, Paolo Prontera, Pasquale Nigro in Neurological Sciences (2021)

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    The Italian version of Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) for tracking changes in healthy elderly: results at 1-year follow-up

    Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) is a questionnaire aimed at detecting very early changes in cognitive and functional abilities and useful for monitoring cognitive decline in individuals without clinical im...

    Elena Chipi, Chiara Montanucci, Paolo Eusebi, Katia D’Andrea in Neurological Sciences (2019)

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    The Italian version of cognitive function instrument (CFI): reliability and validity in a cohort of healthy elderly

    The Alzheimer’s disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)-Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) is a 14-item questionnaire administered to the subject and the referent, aimed at detecting early changes in cognitive and f...

    Elena Chipi, Giulia Frattini, Paolo Eusebi, Anita Mollica in Neurological Sciences (2018)

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    Position paper of the Italian Society for the study of Dementias (Sindem) on the proposal of a new Lexicon on Alzheimer disease

    A panel of Italian neurologists of the Italian Society for the study of Dementias (SINDEM) discussed the recently proposed new lexicon for Alzheimer disease (AD) and the related diagnostic criteria for the dif...

    Massimo Musicco, Alessandro Padovani, Sandro Sorbi, Elio Scarpini in Neurological Sciences (2012)