Table 5.
Neuropsychological assessment of the Patient No. 2
| Age: years, months (years since onset)
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| 56/4 (5) | 57/2 (6) | 57/10 (6) | |
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| Global measures | |||
| MMSE (max.30 points) | 22 | 14 | 4 |
| BDRS (max. 28 points) | 6 | 20 | 21 |
| ACE-R (max.100 points) | NA | 33 | 11 |
| ACE-R attention and orientation (max.18 points) | NA | 6 | 3 |
| ACE-R memory (max.26 points) | NA | 5 | 0 |
| ACE-R verbal fluency (max. 14 points) | NA | 0 | 0 |
| ACE-R language function (max. 26 points ) | NA | 13 | 6 |
| ACE-R visuospatial function (max.16 points) | NA | 9 | 2 |
| DRS | NA | 62 | NA |
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| Attention and memory | |||
| Digit Span forward from WAIS-R- max. span | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Digit Span backward from WAIS-R- max. span | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| AVLT-learning curve | 3-4-7-8-8 | 1-3-4-4-5 | NA |
| AVLT-delayed recall | 5 | 0 | NA |
| AVLT-retention (%) | 63 | 0 | NA |
| AVLT-sum of intrusions | 5 | 2 | NA |
| HVLT - learning curve | NA | 5-5-5 | 1-1-0 |
| HVLT- delayed recall | NA | 2 | 0 |
| HVLT-retention (%) | NA | 40 | 0 |
| HVLT- delayed recognition | NA | 0 | 0 |
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| Semantic memory | |||
| Information from WAIS-R (raw score) | 6 | 2 | NA |
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| Abstract thinking | |||
| Similarities from WAIS-R (raw score) | 0 | 0 | NA |
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| Verbal fluency | |||
| semantic fluency trials (animals, plants-summed) | NA | 2 | 0 |
| phonemic fluency trials ( K”, P”- summed) | NA | 2 | 0 |
ACE-R, Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination- Revised; AVLT, Auditory Verbal Learning Test; BDRS, Blessed Dementia Rating Scale; BDAE, Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination; BNT, Boston Naming Test; HVLT, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; NA, not available