Information processing speed in multiple sclerosis: A primary deficit?

Information Processing Speed in Clinical Populations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 153-172

  Kalmar, Jessica H ^a   Chiaravalloti, Nancy D ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

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EID: 84920394389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203783054     Document Type: Chapter

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