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Cognitive correlates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based study in Italy.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
February 2015
'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, the ALS Center, University of Torino, Italy The Neuroscience Institute of Torino (NIT) Department of Neurology, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy.
Background: There is less data available regarding the characteristics of cognitive impairment in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a population-based series.
Methodology: Patients with ALS incident in Piemonte, Italy, between 2009 and 2011 underwent an extensive neuropsychological battery. Cognitive status was classified as follows: normal cognition, frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD), executive cognitive impairment (ALS-ECI), non-executive cognitive impairment (ALS-NECI), behavioural impairment (ALS-Bi), non-classifiable cognitive impairment.