Confabulation and multiple sclerosis: A rare association

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-191

  Feinstein, Anthony ^a   Levine, Brian ^b   Protzner, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confabulation; Frontal lobes; Memory; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CONFABULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0034094590     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245800701566061     Document Type: Article

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