The Mini-Mental State Examination in the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 49-52

  Galasko, Douglas ^a   Lasker, Bruce ^a   Thal, Leon J ^a   Klauber, Melville R ^b   Salmon, David P ^b   Hofstetter, C Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025141878     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530010061020     Document Type: Article

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