Brain atrophy as a marker of cognitive impairment in mildly disabling relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1091-1099

  Sanchez M P ^b   Nieto, A ^b   Barroso, J ^a,b   Martin V ^c   Hernandez M A ^d  

^a Facultad de Psicologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^d Hospital Ntra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Cognitive functions; Lesion load; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Relapsing remitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 51349164037     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02259.x     Document Type: Article

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