Semantic memory deficit in multiple sclerosis; impaired understanding of conceptual meanings

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-161

  Laatu, Sari ^a   Hämäläinen, Päivi ^a   Revonsuo, Antti ^b   Portin, Raija ^b   Ruutiainen, Juhani ^a  

^a Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptual meanings; Multiple sclerosis; Semantic knowledge; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SCREENING TEST; SEMANTICS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0033554887     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00314-1     Document Type: Article

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