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. 2016 Oct-Dec;10(4):320–326. doi: 10.1590/s1980-5764-2016dn1004011

Table 1.

Clinical, cognitive and magnetic resonance imaging features.

  WD - TS WD - GCI N=9 WD-WGCI N=11 P*
 Age 30.05±7.26 30.11 ±6.55 30 ±8.08 0.941
Sex (male) 11 7 4 0.092
Education (years) 11.15 ±3.73 9.11 ±3.58 12.82 ±3.06 0.031
Motor Symptoms Scale 2.79 ±1.87 3.56 ±1.74 2.1 ±1.79 0.095
Duration of disease (years) 11.75 ±7.79 10.89 ±7.11 12.45 ±8.59± 0.824
Penicillamine use 14 8 6 0.157
MMSE 26.7 ±2.45 25.22 ±2.58 27.91 ±1.57 0.016
M2 9.15 ±0.67 8.78 ±0.667 9.45 ±0.52 0.046
M5 8.5 ±1.39 7.78 ±1.30 9.09 ±1.22 0.056
AF 17.35 ±5.77 13.89 ±5.46 20.18 ±4.44 0.016
Clock drawing 8 ±2.44 7.13 ±2.58 8.64 ±2.24 0.129
FAS 22.4 ±12.40 17.56 ±13.03 26.36 ±10.85 0.046
STROOP (errors) 4.45 ±4.82 6.67 ±6.14 2.64 ±2.46 0.112
FAB 12.95 ±2.85 11.11 ±2.66 14.45 ±2.06 0.007
CERAD naming test 14.2 ±1.54 13.44 ±2.06 14.82 ±0.405 0.112
Cubes (WAIS) 7.80 ±2.87 6.67 ±3.04 8.73 ±2.49 0.080
Hooper 61.10 ±7.75 61.89 ±9.54 60.45 ±6.34 1
WCST 2.25 ±1.37 1.89 ±1.16 2.55 ±1.50 0.456
Pfeffer scale 2.10 ±2.69 3.33 ±2.39 1.09 ±2.58 0.016
MRI Total Score 7.70 ±2.99 9.44 ±2.74 6.27 ±2.45 0.016
MRI hyperintense T2 signal + atrophy 3.55 ±2.32 5.0 ±2.23 2.36 ±1.69 0.016
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - putamen 13 6 7 1.00
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - globus pallidus 7 6 1 0.017
MRI hyperintense T2 signal -thalamus/subthalamus 3 3 0 0.074
MRI hyperintense T2 signal -mesencephalon 8 6 2 0.065
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - pons 9 5 4 0.653
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - cerebellum 5 3 2 0.617
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - subcortical white matter 8 3 5 0.362

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; M2: memory (learning); M5: memory (delayed recall); AF: animal fluency; FAS: phonemic fluency; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery; WCST: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; WD: Wilson’s disease; WD-GCI: Wilson’s disease with global cognitive Impairment; WD-WGCI+ Wilson’s disease without global cognitive impairment.

*

WD-GCI × WD WGCI.