How reliable is the classification of cognitive impairment across different criteria in early and late stages of multiple sclerosis?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 91-99

  Fischer, Martin ^a   Kunkel, Annett ^b   Bublak, Peter ^c   Faiss, Jürgen H ^b   Hoffmann, Frank ^d   Sailer, Michael ^e   Schwab, Matthias ^c   Zettl, Uwe K ^f   Köhler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Department of Neurology Fachkrankenhaus Hubertusburg ^*  (Germany)

^b Asklepios Fachkliniken Brandenburg GmbH   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d Krankenhaus Martha Maria Halle Doelau gGmbH   (Germany)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification criteria; Cognition deficit; Cognitive impairment; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychology; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904246891     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.042     Document Type: Article

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