Benign multiple sclerosis: Cognitive, psychological and social aspects in a clinical cohort

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1054-1059

  Amato, Maria Pia ^a   Zipoli, Valentina ^a   Goretti, Benedetta ^a   Portaccio, Emilio ^a   De Caro, Maria Fara ^c   Ricchiuti, Laura ^c   Siracusa, Gianfranco ^a   Masini, Medena ^b   Sorbi, Sandro ^a   Trojano, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Prato   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign multiple sclerosis; Cognitive function; Depression; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33748964106     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0161-8     Document Type: Article

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