Neuropsychological impairments and the impact of dystrophin mutations on general cognitive functioning of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-95

  Wingeier, Kevin ^a,b   Giger, Elisabeth ^c   Strozzi, Susi ^a   Kreis, Roland ^b   Joncourt, Franziska ^a   Conrad, Bernard ^a   Gallati, Sabina ^a   Steinlin, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Pediatric Center of Development and Neurorehabilitation ZEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dystrophin; Executive functions; Impairment; Muscle disease; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650171188     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.07.118     Document Type: Article

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