Cognitive impairment in relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis: Mostly a matter of speed

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 948-956

  Denney, Douglas R ^a   Lynch, Sharon G ^b   Parmenter, Brett A ^a   Horne, Nikki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 12444344924     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704107030     Document Type: Article

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