Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 270-274 , May 2010

Attentional and perceptual impairments in Parkinson's disease with visual hallucinations

  • Janneke Koerts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neuropsychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 503612433; fax: +31 503611707.
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  • Maarten A.J.P. Borg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Anne Marthe Meppelink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Klaus L. Leenders

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marije van Beilen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Teus van Laar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 18 January 2010.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, Vincenzo Bonifati.

PII: S1353-8020(10)00021-0

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.01.003

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 270-274 , May 2010

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