Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 482-484 , July 2010

An exploratory study on emotion recognition in patients with a clinically isolated syndrome and multiple sclerosis

  • Margit Jehna

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Psychology, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria
    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Christa Neuper

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Psychology, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Katja Petrovic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Mirja Wallner-Blazek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Reinhold Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Siegrid Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Franz Fazekas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Christian Enzinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036 Graz, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 316 385 2981; fax: +43 316 385 6808.

Received 15 June 2009 ,Revised 15 March 2010 ,Accepted 16 March 2010.

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PII: S0303-8467(10)00078-8

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.03.020

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 482-484 , July 2010

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