Sonographic basal ganglia alterations are related to non-motor symptoms in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-202

  Horowski, Sebastian ^a   Zettl, Uwe K ^a   Benecke, Reiner ^a   Walter, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cognitive dysfunction; Depression; Multiple sclerosis; Transcranial sonography; Urge incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FACES SYMBOL TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED FATIGUE IMPACT SCALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY DISTRESS INVENTORY;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE;

EID: 79953775523     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5707-0     Document Type: Article

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