Does the clock drawing test predict cognitive decline in older persons independent of the mini-mental state examination?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1326-1331

  Ferruci, Luigi ^a   Cecchi, Francesca ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Giampaoli, Simona ^c   Lo Noce, Cinzia ^c   Salani, Bernardo ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^a   Baroni, Alberto ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DRAWING; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0029989399     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01403.x     Document Type: Article

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