Is language impairment more common than executive dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 494-498

  Taylor, Lorna J ^a   Brown, Richard G ^a   Tsermentseli, Stella ^a,b   Al Chalabi, Ammar ^a   Shaw, Christopher E ^a   Ellis, Catherine M ^c   Leigh, P Nigel ^d   Goldstein, Laura H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WECHSLER ABBREVIATED SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE; WECHSLER TEST OF ADULT READING;

EID: 84875428913     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303526     Document Type: Article

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