The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome scale reveals early neuropsychological deficits in SCA3 patients.

Roderick P P W M MaasSven KillaarsBart P C van de WarrenburgDennis J L G Schutter

Published in: Journal of neurology (2021)

Essentially all SCA3 patients exhibited some form of cognitive impairment. The CCAS-S differentiates SCA3 patients from healthy controls, detects neuropsychological deficits early in the disease course, and correlates with relevant ataxia severity measures.

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