Neurocognitive sequelae in African American and Caucasian children with multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2097-2102

  Ross, K A ^a   Schwebel, D C ^a   Rinker, J ^a   Ness, J ^a   Ackerson, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Ackerson and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; EXPRESSIVE ONE WORD PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LETTER AND CATEGORY FLUENCY TEST; LETTER NUMBER TRAIL MAKING TASK; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDIATRIC ONSET MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650811773     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318200d7b9     Document Type: Article

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