Cognitive impairment and its relation with disease measures in mildly disabled patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: Baseline results from the Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis (COGIMUS) study

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 779-788

  Patti, F ^a,j   Amato, M P ^b,j   Trojano, M ^c,j   Bastianello, S ^d   Tola, M R ^e,j   Goretti, B ^b,j   Caniatti, L ^e,j   Di Monte, E ^c,j   Ferrazza, P ^f   Brescia Morra, V ^g,j   Lo Fermo, S ^a,j   Picconi, O ^h   Luccichenti, G ⁱ   Vecchio, R ^j   Maimone, D ^j   Messina, S ^j   Gasperini, C ^j   Orefice, V ^j   Florio, C ^j   Portaccio, E ^j   Zipoli, V ^j   Bertolotto, A ^j   Bramanti, P ^j   Sessa, E ^j   Centonze, D ^j   Cottone, S ^j   Salemi, G ^j   Falcini, M ^j   Gallo, P ^j   Perini, P ^j   Gigli, G L ^j   Giuliani, G ^j   Grimaldi, L M ^j   Murri, L ^j   Lugaresi, A ^j   Monaco, F ^j   Montanari, E ^j   Motti, L ^j   Neri, S ^j   Paciello, M ^j   Provinciali, L ^j   Ragno, M ^j   Rosati, G ^j   Ruggieri, S ^j   Tonali, P ^j   Batocchi, A P ^j   De Caro, M F ^j   Ghezzi, A ^j   Zaffaroni, M ^j   Zolo, P ^j   Zorzon, M ^j   Signorino, M ^j   Scarpini, E ^j   Durelli, L ^j   Carolei, A ^j   Todaro, M ^j   Spitaleri, D ^j   Tartaglione, A ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f Opera CRO Scientific Advisor Board   (Italy)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h Public Health Agency of Regione Lazio   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cognitive impairment; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERFERON-BETA; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649311963     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509105544     Document Type: Article

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