MRI Correlates of Cognitive Impairment in Childhood-Onset Multiple Sclerosis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-332

  Till, C ^a   Ghassemi, R ^b   Aubert Broche, B ^c   Kerbrat, A ^d   Collins, D L ^b   Narayanan, S ^b   Arnold, D L ^a   Desrocher, M ^a   Sled, J G ^a   Banwell, B L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychological assessment; Pediatric onset

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 79955768163     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022051     Document Type: Article

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