Cognitive trajectories in multiple sclerosis: a long-term follow-up study.

Antonio CarotenutoTeresa CostabileGiuseppe PontilloMoccia MocciaFabrizia FalcoMaria PetraccaMartina PetruzzoCinzia Valeria RussoMartina Di StasiChiara PaolellaTeresa PerilloElena Augusta VolaMaria Brunella CipulloSirio CocozzaRoberta LanzilloVincenzo Brescia MorraFrancesco Saccà

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)

Physical disability as well as hippocampal atrophy might depict patients at risk of cognitive worsening over the disease course. Therefore, using such predictors, clinicians may select patients to carefully evaluate for cognitive impairment as to eventually introduce cognitive rehabilitation treatments.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
cognitive impairment
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
mental health
depressive symptoms
physical activity
prognostic factors
palliative care
white matter
patient reported outcomes
blood brain barrier