Evidence of social understanding impairment in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Cavallo, Marco ^a,b   Adenzato, Mauro ^a,c   MacPherson, Sarah E ^d   Karwig, Gillian ^d   Enrici, Ivan ^a   Abrahams, Sharon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c Neuroscience Institute of Turin   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80053599485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025948     Document Type: Article

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