Behavior Matters-Cognitive Predictors of Survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hu, William T ^a   Shelnutt, Matthew ^a   Wilson, Ashley ^a   Yarab, Nicole ^a   Kelly, Crystal ^a   Grossman, Murray ^b   Libon, David J ^c   Khan, Jaffar ^a   Lah, James J ^a   Levey, Allan I ^a   Glass, Jonathan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALS BRIEF COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84874522112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057584     Document Type: Article

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