Relevance of Brain Lesion Location to Cognition in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rossi, Francesca ^a   Giorgio, Antonio ^a   Battaglini, Marco ^a   Stromillo, Maria Laura ^a   Portaccio, Emilio ^b   Goretti, Benedetta ^b   Federico, Antonio ^a   Hakiki, Bahia ^b   Amato, Maria Pia ^b   de Stefano, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMISSURAL FIBER TRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAO BRIEF REPEATABLE BATTERY; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; YOUNG ADULT;

RADIATA;

EID: 84868379212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044826     Document Type: Article

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