Verbal recall and recognition abilities in patients with Wilson's disease.

Tests of memory and verbal fluency were administered to 19 neurologically impaired Wilson's patients, 12 non-neurologically impaired Wilson's patients and 15 normal control subjects. Wilson's patients with neurologic disease recalled significantly fewer words on the delayed recall version of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test than control subjects (p less than .05) but they showed no impairment on the recognition version of this test.

Neuropsychological deficits in choreoacanthocytosis.

Little is known about the cognitive deficits associated with choreoacanthocytosis. This case report focuses on the neuropsychological deficits of a woman diagnosed with choreoacanthocytosis. The similarity between her cognitive deficits and those of patients with Huntington's disease is consistent with the neuropathology of the two disorders.

Neuropsychological sequelae of partial complex status epilepticus.

Relatively little is known about the risk of residual neurological deficit following partial complex status epilepticus (PCSE). To address this issue, we administered serial neuropsychological assessments and EEGs to a young cocaine abuser following the resolution of an extended episode of PCSE. Results suggest that PCSE may be associated with prolonged but reversible generalized neuropsychological and EEG abnormalities, as well as persistent focal deficits.