Impairments of attention in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 433-439

  Paul, Robert H ^a   Beatty, William W ^a   Schneider, Ronni ^b   Blanca, Carlos ^a   Hames, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031769017     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245898678919438     Document Type: Article

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