Age-specific norms for the Mini-Mental State Exam

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 1565-1568

  Bleecker, Margit L ^a,b   Bolla Wilson, Karen ^a   Kawas, Claudia ^a   Agnew, Jacqueline ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023692758     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.10.1565     Document Type: Article

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