Recommendations for a Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS)
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Recommendations for a Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS)
BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment in MS impacts negatively on many patients at all disease stages and in all subtypes. Full clinical cognitive assessment is expensive, requiring expert staff and special equipment. Test versions and normative data are not available for all languages and cultures. OBJECTIVE To recommend a brief cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis (MS) that is optimized fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Multiple Sclerosis Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1352-4585,1477-0970
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511431076