TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-year neuropsychological follow-up of patients with reversible ischemic attacks
AU - Nichelli, P.
AU - Bonito, V.
AU - Candelise, L.
AU - Capitani, E.
AU - Manzoni, S.
AU - Prencipe, M.
AU - Sangiovanni, G.
AU - Sinforiani, E.
AU - Taiuti, R.
AU - Fieschi, C.
PY - 1986/7
Y1 - 1986/7
N2 - A short neuropsychological test battery designed to measure language, memory and visuospatial abilities was administered to 217 patients with reversible ischemic attacks. Patients were tested twice: the first time more than one month, but less than one year, from the last ischemic episode, and the second time three years later. A comparison between the first and the second testing session did not disclose any significant worsening. The degree of atherosclerosis and the occurence of further ischemic episodes during the follow-up period were found to be unrelated to change in performance at the test battery. These results seems to challenge the hypothesis that multi-infarct dementia may follow apparently reversible, or even clinically silent, ischemic episodes.
AB - A short neuropsychological test battery designed to measure language, memory and visuospatial abilities was administered to 217 patients with reversible ischemic attacks. Patients were tested twice: the first time more than one month, but less than one year, from the last ischemic episode, and the second time three years later. A comparison between the first and the second testing session did not disclose any significant worsening. The degree of atherosclerosis and the occurence of further ischemic episodes during the follow-up period were found to be unrelated to change in performance at the test battery. These results seems to challenge the hypothesis that multi-infarct dementia may follow apparently reversible, or even clinically silent, ischemic episodes.
KW - multi-infarct dementia
KW - Reversible ischemic attacks
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02283023
DO - 10.1007/BF02283023
M3 - Article
C2 - 3759418
AN - SCOPUS:17144460062
SN - 0392-0461
VL - 7
SP - 443
EP - 446
JO - Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
JF - Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
IS - 4
ER -