Diagnosis of Dementia in a Heterogeneous Population: A Comparison of Paradigm-Based Diagnosis and Physician's Diagnosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 461-467

  Pittman, John ^a   Andrews, Howard ^a   Link, Bruce ^a   Struening, Elmer ^a   Tatemichi, Thomas ^b   Stern, Yaakov ^c   Mayeux, Richard ^c  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Department of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders Research ^*  (United States)

^b Departments of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

AGED; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026633625     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1992.00530290043010     Document Type: Article

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