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Carlos Jorge da Silva, MD; Antônio José da Rocha, MD; Maria Fernanda Mendes, MD; Ana Paula Sabatini de Mello Braga, PsyD; Solange Jeronymo, PhD

Arch Neurol. 2008;65(7):983.

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A 41-year-old man sought medical assistance because of discrete memory deficit in the last 3 years. He had been working as a welder for more than 20 years and never used safety measures to avoid the toxic side effects from the welding fumes. The neuropsychological assessment confirmed a cognitive impairment characterized by attention deficit as well as short-term and long-term memory deficits as seen on the results from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Third Revision and the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning tests. He also presented parkinsonian symptoms characterized by bradykinesia and cogwheel rigidity in his upper limbs, which was more pronounced on the right side. The patient also exhibited a slight postural and resting tremor depicted only in the right upper limb. The magnetic resonance imaging scan . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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