Abnormal neuropsychological findings are not necessarily a sign of cerebral impairment. A matched comparison between chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-203

  Van Der Werf, Sieberen P ^a   Prins, Judith B ^a   Jongen, Peter J H ^b   Van Der Meer, Jos W M ^a   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Multiple Sclerosis Centre Nijmegen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033943409     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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