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. 2006 May 15;2:16. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-2-16

Table 1.

Studies investigating the correlation between neuropsychological test scores and CTG repeat expansion size in DM1.

Authors* Number of patients Tests Main conclusion
Turnpenny et al. [34] 55 WAIS (short version). Increase in repeat size associated with lower IQ.
Damian et al. [10] 28 Neuropsychological test battery. Large repeat size (>1000) associated with cognitive impairment.
Jaspert et al. [33] 14 MMSE, MWT-B, Progressive matrices. Large repeat size (> 1000) associated with cognitive impairment.
Rubinsztein et al. [9] 36 MMSE, NART, Progressive matrices. Mild DM1 associated with impaired memory function.
Perini et al. [25] 17 WAIS CTG correlates with total IQ and non-verbal IQ.
Marchini et al. [13] 24 WAIS CTG correlates with all IQ measures and short-term memory (Digit span).
Steyaert et al. [14] 24 WISC CTG correlates with IQ in childhood type of DM1.
Meola et al. [8] 19 Neuropsychological test battery. No correlation between CTG repeat size and test performance.
Modoni et al. [24] 70 Neuropsychological test battery. No correlation between CTG repeat size and test performance.

* Referred articles are presented in the reference section.

Batteries including tests aimed to measure a wide variety of neuropsychological functions. WAIS = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; MWT-B = Mehrfach- Wahl-Wortschatz-Test; NART = National Adult Reading Test; WISC = Wechslers Adult Intelligence Scale for Children.