Cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis patients with cerebellar symptoms

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 854-859

  Valentino, Paola ^a   Cerasa, A ^b   Chiriaco, C ^a   Nistico R ^b   Pirritano, D ^a   Gioia, M C ^b   Lanza, P ^b   Canino, M ^a   Del Giudice, F ^a   Gallo, O ^b   Condino, F ^b   Torchia, G ^b   Quattrone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Cerebellum; Cognitive functions; Multiple sclerosis; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 67649354556     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509104589     Document Type: Article

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