Cognitive impairment differs between neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis

Conclusion:
CI in patients with NMOSD may be not as common as in patients with MS. MS patients exhibited severe impairment, particularly on learning and memory tests, compared with NMOSD patients. Differential prevalence and patterns of CI between NMOSD and MS patients suggest that the two diseases have different mechanisms of brain injury.

Source: Multiple Sclerosis - December 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Kim, S.-H., Kwak, K., Jeong, I. H., Hyun, J.-W., Jo, H.-J., Joung, A., Yu, E.-S., Kim, J.-H., Lee, S. H., Yun, S., Joo, J., Lee, D.-k., Lee, J.-M., Kim, H. J. Tags: Original Research Papers Source Type: research