An RCT to treat learning impairment in multiple sclerosis: The MEMREHAB trial

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2066-2072

  Chiaravalloti, Nancy D ^a,b   Moore, Nancy B ^a   Nikelshpur, Olga M ^a,b   DeLuca, John ^a,b,c  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SYSTEMS BEHAVIOR SCALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED STORY MEMORY TECHNIQUE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPEN SELECTIVE REMINDING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIVERMEAD BEHAVIOURAL MEMORY TEST; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892141938     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000437295.97946.a8     Document Type: Article

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