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The Multiple Sclerosis Performance Test (MSPT): An iPad-Based Disability Assessment Tool
Published on: June 30, 2014
Evolving MS criteria and the interpretation of research
Afsaneh Shirani1, Benjamin M Segal2,3, Olaf Stuve4,5,6
1Department of Neurology, Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
|August 9, 2026
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