One-year follow-up study of relapsing-remitting MS patients' cognitive performances: Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test's susceptibility to change

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 791-798

  Rosti, Eija ^a,b   Hämäläinen, Päivi ^c   Koivisto, Keijo ^a   Hokkanen, Laura ^d  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Follow up; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC); Neuropsychological evaluation; Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34548119478     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707071019     Document Type: Article

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