A prospective study of cognitive impairment in ALS

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1665-1670

  Strong, Michael J ^a,b   Grace, G M ^c   Orange, J B ^c   Leeper, H A ^c   Menon, R S ^a   Aere, C ^c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ALS; Cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECOGNITION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033544406     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1665     Document Type: Article

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