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Table 1 Neuropsychological follow-up

From: Neurosyphilis with dementia and bilateral hippocampal atrophy on brain magnetic resonance imaging

Neuropsychological assessment

I examination

II examination – after 6 months

MMSE

16

19

Verbal memory

  

(10 words)

  

  Immediate recall

4

4

  Delayed recall

1

2

  Recognition

0

2

Language

  

  VF (animal)

10

13

  BNT

10

10

Attention/executive function

  

  Digit symbol (coding)

8 (2 mistakes)

10 (1 mistakes)

  VF (M)

1

3

  1. MMSE - Mini Mental State Examination; BNT – Boston Naming Test; VF (animal) – Verbal Fluency, number of animals produced for 1 min; VF (M) – Verbal Fluency, number of words beginning with letter “M” for 1 min.
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BMC Neurology

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