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    Modified Rankin Scale for Neurologic Disability

    Measures the degree of disability or dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability.

    A standardized interview also exists to try to reduce subjectivity or variability in score assignments. See the Evidence section for more information.

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    Dr. John van Swieten
    Dr. John van Swieten
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    John van Swieten, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Neurology at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam. His research has focused on several aspects of dementia, especially frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and he has studied clinical, genetic and pathological aspects of FTD in a large nation-wide cohort over the last 15 years.

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