The influence of cognitive impairment on health-related quality of life in neurological disease

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-13

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a   Kemp, Steven ^b   Benito León, Julián ^c,d   Reuber, Markus ^e  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Epilepsy; Head injury; Huntington's disease; Memory; Motor neuron disease; Multiple sclerosis; Neurology; Parkinson's disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEISURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 74049090770     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00439.x     Document Type: Review

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