Friedreich ataxia: Executive control is related to disease onset and GAA repeat length

Cerebellum

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Nachbauer, Wolfgang ^a   Bodner, Thomas ^a   Boesch, Sylvia ^a   Karner, Elfriede ^a   Eigentler, Andreas ^a   Neier, Lisa ^a   Benke, Thomas ^a   Delazer, Margarete ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Executive functions; Friedreich ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA STRUCTURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GAA REPEAT LENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SARA SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOWER OF LONDON TASK; VERBAL FLUENCY; VERBAL LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; VISION; VISUAL OBJECT AND SPACE PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84896488822     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0513-8     Document Type: Article

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