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Abstract|Topic: 5 — /INS;Dementia| Volume 333, SUPPLEMENT 1, e339-e340, October 15, 2013

Various types of visual agnosia are present in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

  • J. Laczó
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;

    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • R. Andel
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    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic

    School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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  • I. Gažová
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;

    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • I. Mokrišová
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;

    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • K. Vlček
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    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic

    Department of Neurophysiology of Memory, Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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  • M. Vyhnálek
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;

    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • E. Hynčicová
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;
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  • O. Lerch
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;
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  • J. Cerman
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;
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  • L. Pecháčková
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;
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  • K. Sheardová
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    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • J. Hort
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    Memory Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, /INS;Czech Republic/INS;

    St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
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      Background: Higher visual perception, which includes identification and recognition of faces, facial emotions and famous landmarks, is dependent on the medial temporal lobe structures that are affected early in the course of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, examination of higher visual perception in patients with dementia due to AD and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is still neglected in routine clinical practice.
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