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Gait Apraxia
| Medical Definition: | Impaired ambulation not attributed to sensory impairment or motor weakness. FRONTAL LOBE disorders; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES (e.g., PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS); DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; and other conditions may be associated with gait apraxia. |
| Also Called: | Bruns' Apraxia of Gait,Frontal Gait Apraxia |
| Previously Indexed: | Apraxias (1965-1999),Gait (1965-1999) |
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