Cognitive Deficits in Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis: What Does the Future Hold?

• DOI: 10.2217/nmt.14.4
• Publication Date: 2014-05-16T09:27:29Z
• Authors: Joy B Parrish; Osman Farooq; Bianca Weinstock-...
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; Multiple Sclerosis; 0302 clinical medicine; Adolescent; Risk Factors; Humans; Age of Onset; Child; Cognition Disorders

Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis is relatively rare and research regarding disease characteristics in its infancy. Regardless, there are a growing number of studies finding early cognitive deficits this population. There some similarities outcomes to those seen the adult-onset population, but also several important differences. With specific regard functioning pediatric-onset sclerosis, evidence deficit nearly third patients, with impairment primarily areas processing speed, visual-spatial language. additional findings fatigue depression that impact functional requiring further attention assessment treatment considerations. This paper explores other increased focus, including outcomes, neuroimaging disease-modifying factors (comorbidities, socioeconomic status, race so on).