Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

Lee, Chan-Nyoung; Lee, Chan-Nyoung; Park, Kun-Woo; Park, Kun-Woo

J Mult Scler > Volume 4(2); 2013 > Article

Review Article

Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 2013;4(2):29-35.
Published online September 1, 2013.

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Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

Chan-Nyoung Lee, Chan-Nyoung Lee, Kun-Woo Park, Kun-Woo Park

Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

Abstract

"Up to 70% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients have cognitive impairment. Affected domains of cognitive impairment in MS patients are attention and information processing speed, memory, executivefunction and these features are distinct from cognitive impairment of other degenerative dementia.This article reviews characteristics of cognitive impairment in MS patients and studies specifically onneuropsychological tests. Furthermore, we suggest the Korean version of neuropsychological testswhich are used in the MS and have validation data Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 4(2):29-35, 2013"

Key Words: Cognitive impairment, Neuropsychological tests