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visuospatial impairment in Alzheimer's disease

Etiology: - posterior cortical atrophy Clinical manifestations: 1) environmental disorientation, progressing from becoming easily lost in unfamiliar places to disorientation in their own home (getting lost in familiar environments) 2) a choreographer unable to determine where dancers should be on stage & unable to pay attention to multiple dancers at the same time [5] 3) progressive decline in copying complex figures (cube) to simple items (circle) 4) as the disease progresses, an inability to recognize objects or familiar faces

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) visuospatial function

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visuospatial dysfunction

References

  1. Kristi Wagner Steh, West Los Angeles VA, GRECC, Dec 2003
  2. Cummings JL, The Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Martine Dunitz LTD, Taylor & Francis Group, London (2003)
  3. Mendez MF & Cummings JL, Dementia: A Clinical Approach, Butterworth & Heinemann, Philadelphia (2003)
  4. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018
  5. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 10th edition (GRS10) Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2019