Presence and Significant Determinants of Cognitive Impairment in a Large Sample of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Borghi, Martina ^a   Cavallo, Marco ^a,b   Carletto, Sara ^a   Ostacoli, Luca ^a   Zuffranieri, Marco ^a   Picci, Rocco Luigi ^a   Scavelli, Francesco ^a   Johnston, Harriet ^c   Furlan, Pier Maria ^a   Bertolotto, Antonio ^d   Malucchi, Simona ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Medical Oncology San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRIEF REPEATABLE BATTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84880782725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069820     Document Type: Article

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