Functional Components of Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Investigation
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Functional Components of Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Investigation
Background Cognitive impairment is frequent and disabling in multiple sclerosis (MS). Changes in information processing speed constitute the most important cognitive deficit in MS. However, given the clinical and topographical variability of the disease, cognitive impairment may vary greatly and appear in other forms in addition to slower information processing speed. Our aim was to determine t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1664-2295
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00643