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Cognition

Validity and reliability measures of the Swedish Karolinska version of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS Screen (SK-ECAS)

Juliette Foucher1 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2 Department of Neurology, ME Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ivar Winroth3 Department of Clinical Sciences, Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Anikó Lovik4 Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;5 Methodology and Statistics Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Stefan Sennfält1 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2 Department of Neurology, ME Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Joana B. Pereira1 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Fang Fang4 Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dorothee Lule6 Neuropsychology, Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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Peter M. Andersen3 Department of Clinical Sciences, Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Caroline Ingre1 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2 Department of Neurology, ME Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5327-7204
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Pages 713-718 | Received 11 Apr 2023, Accepted 15 Jul 2023, Published online: 31 Jul 2023

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