Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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, executive
function 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 on
neuropsychological tests. Furthermore, we suggest the Korean version of neuropsychological tests
which are used in the MS and have validation data
Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 4(2):29-35, 2013
