Warmer outdoor temperature is associated with worse cognitive status in multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 964-968

  Leavitt, Victoria M ^a,b   Sumowski, James F ^a,b   Chiaravalloti, Nancy ^a,b   DeLuca, John ^a,b,c  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Assoc in Phys Med and Rehab   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL PROCESSING SPEED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER;

EID: 84860832382     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31824d5834     Document Type: Article

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