Cognitive aging in patients with multiple sclerosis: A cross-sectional analysis of speeded processing

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 761-767

  Bodling, Angela M ^a   Denney, Douglas R ^a   Lynch, Sharon G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Multiple sclerosis; Neurodegenerative disease; Neuropsychology; Processing speed; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 72949097178     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp076     Document Type: Article

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