To differentiate between Parkinson's disease, corticobasal syndrome, and non-fluent agrammatic aphasia, you need to

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Submitted by webadmi on Tue, 11/13/2012 - 10:20
Your first patient of the day is a 54 year old engineer who was never very talkative. However, his speech output has declined, and when you ask him to read a passage outloud, you find that he has a very low volume of speech and reads quite slowly but accurately. To help you differentiate between Parkinson's disease, corticobasal syndrome, and non-fluent agrammatic aphasia, you need to perform (check all that apply):