The MS impairment scale: A pragmatic approach to the assessment of impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-42

  Ravnborg, M ^a,b   Gronbech Jensen M ^b   Jonsson A ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b MS Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Impairment; Multiple sclerosis; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030925481     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859700300104     Document Type: Article

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