Short-lasting episodes of prosopagnosia in Parkinson's disease

• Published in: Parkinsonism & related disorders Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 375 - 377
• Main Authors: Villa-Bonomo, C, Pagonabarraga, J, Martínez-Horta, S, Fernandez de Bobadilla, R, Garcia-Sanchez, C, Campolongo, A, Kulisevsky, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Dementia in Parkinson; Female; Higher-order visual deficit; Humans; Male; Neurology; Optic ataxia; Parkinson Disease - complications; Parkinson Disease - psychology; Parkinson's disease; Prosopagnosia; Prosopagnosia - etiology; Dementia in Parkinson; Parkinson's disease; Prosopagnosia; Higher-order visual deficit; Optic ataxia

Abstract Background Prosopagnosia, the selective inability to recognize known faces, has been described in Alzheimer's disease and fronto-temporal dementia but is not expected to occur in Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods and results We report three PD patients who developed recurrent, par...