Memory and learning in outpatients with quiescent multiple sclerosis.
In 22 (56%) of 39 quiet-stage multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with at least average intelligence quotients, performances in memory and learning tasks were normal, as compared with those of a control group (24 healthy volunteers). Of the remaining 44% (n = 17), 2 patients were amnesic and 5 had been judged to have suffered cognitive decline. Auditory word learning was particularly vulnerable; however, acquisition rate was not significantly different between MS patients and controls.
Jennekens-Schinkel
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Neuropsychology Section, State University Leiden, The Netherlands.
van der Velde
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Sanders
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Lanser
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010045:Outpatients