Results of fine motor and neuropsychological testing in the three patients with dopa responsive dystonia
Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | ||||
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Levodopa | − | + | − | + | − | + |
Hand tapping rate: | ||||||
Right | 59 | 81 | 63 | 64 | 59 | 81 |
Left | 35 | 51 | 16 | 50 | 60 | 60 |
WAIS: | ||||||
Total IQ | 81 | 91 | 94 | 101 | 83 | 92 |
Verbal IQ | 84 | 90 | 94 | 99 | 84 | 87 |
Performance IQ | 80 | 93 | 95 | 104 | 86 | 101 |
WCST: | ||||||
Categories | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Errors (20.9+/−11.6) | 26 | 13 | 33 | 21 | 39 | 29 |
Perseveration | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Patients were tested once without levodopa substitution (−) and once with levodopa substitution (+). Reference values for the normal range are given in parentheses.16