Cerebellar abnormalities contribute to disability including cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Weier, Katrin ^a   Penner, Iris K ^a,b   Magon, Stefano ^a   Amann, Michael ^a   Naegelin, Yvonne ^a   Andelova, Michaela ^a   Derfuss, Tobias ^a   Stippich, Christoph ^a   Radue, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Kappos, Ludwig ^a   Sprenger, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899522278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086916     Document Type: Article

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